Dissent and protests are raucous, messy, and an inconvenience to the public. However, democracy is raucous, messy, and inconvenient, as well. No mess, no democracy. So, what do Americans want, the messiness of democracy, or the cold certainty of repression that President Donald Trump is offering the American people? That is the question before us, writes guest columnist Randy Cunningham, a Clevelander who has published two books on activism.