Friday, November 18, 2011

Is Calling 50 Protesters a "Large Turnout" Evidence of Hyperbole by the OC Weekly or How Sad Occupy OC Is?

I went over to the OC Weekly to see what they had to say about the sale of the Crystal Cathderal.  Couldn't find anything although nothing as of 7:45 am PST, which tells me Gustavo Arellano is sleeping in and unable to satisfy his passion for Brownie. 


Okay, read the article and found that "a group of more than 50 protesters, which included members of the Service Employees Industrial Union Local 1877, carried signs demanding justice for janitors while shouting common Occupy chants and the United Farm Workers-coined slogan, 'Si Se Puede.'"

"More than 50?"  A hundred more?  A thousand more?  Maybe 2?  Fortunately, I found the numbers at the OC Register:

About 70 "Occupy" movement demonstrators lined the sidewalk in front of In-N-Out Burger on El Toro Road on Thursday night, shouting slogans and cheering as passing drivers honked.  Near John Wayne Airport, an additional 50 protesters gathered, and 50-60 more showed up at Hart Park in Orange.

So, in all of Orange County . . . less than 200 in total.

Si, se puede . . . but hardly.

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