Opinion | “Of course, people are angry”: Four columnists unravel what Democrats lack

Gaisen: all of the above. But that’s not enough. Patrick is already having a lot of things happening. There are protests – Erica Chenoweth, a very interesting political scientist who studies nonviolence, shows that the protests have more than 2017 protests, when it felt like a stronger resistance to Trump’s first president. In the court, judges, and of course, lawyers who challenge a series of administrative litigation, it is something worth seeing.

So the question is: What is missing? Why does it feel like lack, weak or futile?

Let’s start with who is missing: Democrats, as legislative and political forces. Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are literal exceptions to prove this rule, as their tours are clearly not an expression of the Democratic stance. In a bipartisan system, when the opposition party is absent, it means there is no broad understanding of the opposition to Trump. You can’t make up for this by creating a group that defends trans Americans, which will stand up for college and a bunch of young Democrats – but, organizationally, all of that might be a good idea.

Tufekci: I think the incompetent, incompetent oppositions have witnessed a lot of anger against the incompetent opposition since Trump came to power. There is similar dynamic in Turkey, now in Istanbul’s popular, charming mayor is expected to challenge Tayyip Erdogan, who was recently arrested and may not be able to run for the election, is now involved in protests. Many were on the streets, and they were smoked during this arrest, but they were also angry at the opposition, which had not effectively strategic and organized during the twenty years of Erdogan’s rule.

I would say it is a book that has written about protests and studied (or been involved) for decades: unless there is no magic or a lot of protests on the streets over time. Today, politicians often survive large street protests, and this is not part of a larger, effective and long-term strategic action by ignoring, suppressing them, causing them to commit crimes, or even just shrugs and organizes counter-protesters rather than part of a larger, effective and long-term strategic action.

Christopher: Opposition can and should take many forms. But I think we need to take a deep breath, too. During Trump’s first term, his outrageous behavior moved many of us (including me) to the left in a way that reduced our effectiveness against him. As Trump dismantled his family at the border, I was ready to embrace every immigrant I could find. As a result, we don’t pay enough attention to tens of thousands of Americans who say they want to block the immigrants. And if you always ignore the voters’ issues, you will lose the election.