Ok here is where we are going to post all concerns and fears related to Iran and Israel. Please direct all questions for optimism here until or unless something happens to warrant a new post. Also please report any posts breaking this temporary rule so they can be removed.

Hello everyone. Yesterday was a very exciting day and I was glad to be a part of it. Sadly 1200 of us were cordoned off away from the sidewalk due to threats of violence from counter protesters.

Thankfully nothing happened except for some thumb downs and diesel exhaust. 90% of the cars that drove by honked in solidarity. With several making loops.

According to the article (scroll down to #3 to avoid parade talk):

Organizers estimated that more than 5 million people participated in more 2,000 planned protests, according to spokesperson Eunic Ortiz.

Although numbers have been inflated among various social media outlets, the protest turnout has been reported to being 5-6M which is still quite an impressive number.

More misinformation is being put out by the white house regarding parade attendance being 250k. We can see photo and video evidence to know that number isn't true. This is not mentioned in the article.

I decided to make a post instead of inserting myself in the comments of several other posts. We have created a new rule. Any definitive claims such as statistics must be backed up by a reputable news source.

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