[bert]

you are mountainrnizing. Tens of thousands are hundreds of thousands.

[tang-soo]

you are mountainrnizing. Tens of thousands are hundreds of thousands.

You could also say, "Dozens of thousands" and be "accurate". It is still downplaying and attempting to diminish the impact.

[healy61]

Is 500,000 expressed as “500’s of thousands?” Or a million expressed as “thousands of thousands.”

[arasina]

you are mountainrnizing. Tens of thousands are hundreds of thousands.

mountainrnizing HUH? Is that a word? =o)

I realize we use the ten base numerical system. You wouldn't describe 100K people as being "ten ten thousand" or 500K people as being "fifty ten thousand", would you? There is an implication by using the term "tens of thousands" that the number is less than 100K.

[Right Wing Assault]

you are mountainrnizing. Tens of thousands are hundreds of thousands.

There were dozens of people at Beck's rally.