There are no numbers posted for things like this. Even the total participation numbers have been called into question, as the promoters of these events are using photos from other events that drew larger crowds and the numbers between sources vary. The New York Times says 60k, Freedomworks said more than a million (although this was a misquote, as seen below).Originally Posted by Justin51982
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/prote...ory?id=8558055
(you may need to register for the Washington Post to see this one)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...092103405.html
[quote=excerpt from WP article]
The National Park Service has been the target of much ire because of this disparity, steadfastly refusing to offer its guess. "In 1995, we were ordered by Congress not to give crowd estimates," said Bill Line, the affable and earnest spokesman for most of the region's parks and historic monuments...
...The folks who applied to gather at Freedom Plaza and march to the Capitol on Sept. 12 said on their form that "they expected 5,000 people," Line said. So that's what the Park Service prepared for.[\quote]
So Freedomworks only applied for 5,000 on the permit for the 9/12 protest even though they had a huge advertising campaign (Fox was promoting this 24/7) and they were saying in their advertising they would have "millions" prior to the event. These guys seem really ethical in their regard to the safety of their followers, as giving a close estimate ensures that there will be enough emergency services and sanitation (i.e. porta potties) for the safety of the crowd. But thats going off topic...
Back to the lecture at hand though, did you guys not see in the links that I posted that the "White Nationalist" groups were these events for purposes of recruiting and distributing their "literature"?
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