I'm astonished at how people who should know better are getting worked up about the "mass protests" on US streets at present. They're not "mass" protests at all - just very vocal, very noisy, and sometimes very violent. Multiple news reports about the Portland riots, which are currently the most violent that the media is covering, indicate that there are about 2,000 protesters on the street every night - many of them from elsewhere, as is Antifa's and BLM's habit. 2,000 protesters, out of an estimated Portland population (according to Wikipedia) of 654,741 in 2019, equates to 0.3% of the city's residents. That's less than one-third of one percent. Hardly a "mass" protest, is it? I'm pretty sure similar proportions apply to most other cities plagued with mob violence at present.
There's also the physical area covered by the riots and protests. I understand that in Portland, it's no more than ten city blocks - rather less than one square mile - and usually less than that. The city covers a land area of 133.42 square miles, making the "protest area", once again, a lot less than 1% of the total. So much for "big".
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-RDM73
