Don't get prickly over criticism that Democrats are getting now, it's the result of a lot of legitimate frustration.

[stopdiggin]

3. I'll quote ..

We got the rhetoric, "Trump is an existential threat to democracy." But nothing was done about bringing him to justice. Excuses were made about Republican justice appointees and the delays he made in his trials that stretched cases out for years, a travesty in a system where the rule of law is supposed to be the way things are governed.

a) once again, selling "nothing was done"
b) Democrats (nor Congress) are not in 'control' of our judicial, so that's more or less off the table
c) Democrats did impeach, which is considered more or less the height and reach of legislative checks. Also undertook other measures dealing with investigations, hearings and reports. Again, what is generally considered to be within the purview of a legislative body.
d) it remains just slightly disingenuous to argue that the 'rule of law' (big term there) is being subverted - when the courts are not delivering results we wish for. (which 'law' would that be?, and how do the Ds unilaterally 'effect' it?)
e) likewise the assumption that more vigorous prosecution would have resulted in either 1) a conviction (questionable), or 2) a prevention of a second run and term (obviously not)

and continuing) a decent argument can be made that the full contempt for democratic norms (and total Republican capitulation) was not fully appreciated in the first couple years of 45 ...

So, yeah ... There's a fair latitude for differences here that all of us don't necessarily agree on, or at least think are worth some discussion.