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[โ€“] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Yes, any major city. You think people only fill the streets in Philly? Look at literally any city after they have a major football or baseball win. Streets are packed. There's not always violence, but good luck trying to drive through downtown that evening. And guess what? The people filling the streets AREN'T just from the stadium. People pour out of their homes, bars, EVERYWHERE. Using your Philly example, look at this crowd. You think those are all just people from the stadium? That was a Sunday night. It was cold out, those people had jobs they had to be at the next day, but it didn't matter because they felt it was "important" to be out there. And that's just the spur of the moment post-game celebration. The scheduled parade that Friday had over a million people show up. Over a million.

Now look at any picture or video from the recent "protests" and tell me it's not pathetic in comparison. And what happened in Philly is not the exception. Similar turnouts happen in any major US city following a Super Bowl win, most cities following a World Series win, and some cities following a Stanley Cup win. Its so expected, cops will pre-section off areas of the cities because they know people are going to be out on the streets not giving a fuck.

So yes, when the protests can't even muster up even 1% of the crowds that naturally occur after a fucking ball game, it can be safely called a depressingly low turnout.