I thought they respected democracy for the first few days. In fact, I thought it was good. But as it dragged on for a month or so, given sensational and undeserved coverage by the media, creating a lot of tension in society, and ultimately trying to physically block the president from going to work - with the Taipei City Mayor providing food and beverage service the whole time… Yeah, i could see why people would feel it was just a bit undemocratic.
At the same time, saying that the anti-Chen crowd did it so Ma deserves the same is totally idiotic as well.