Matt Frost tries to find a way to “support” the protesters while acknowledging that they don’t represent “the Iranian people” as a whole or even necessarily the majority, and Mousavi himself is not MLK:

We like and we admire the minority of relatively liberal, cosmopolitan Iranians protesting against their odious president and his supporters. To deserve our sympathy and support, the protesters need not be disenfranchised stewards of the Iranian popular will; our affinities need not extend to the broader Iranian population, a large portion of which probably relishes the spectacle of protesters being beaten by basiji. On the other hand, we don’t need to make some considered judgment as to the relative merits of Mousavi before expressing solidarity with the protesters. It should be enough to say, “here is a group of people with whom I share political and cultural sensibilities, and regardless of the poor choices available to them at the ballot box, I’d like to see them prevail against their cruel political rivals.” There’s no shame in choosing a team — especially an underdog — and rooting for it.

On second thought “Us” would probably be a more appropriate title for this post.