What does being elected or not have to do with it? Violent mobs also have democratic legitimacy, but somehow I doubt you'll think they should have a right to ha

What does being elected or not have to do with it? Violent mobs also have democratic legitimacy, but somehow I doubt you'll think they should have a right to harass you. And on the contrary, it is by making the situation unbearable for everyone that popular and political will to change a broken system is created. The worst thing that can happen is for an injustice to be prolonged just because it only affects a select group of people that those in power dislike.