Egyptian Violence Dismaying

Like many other people, I am very dismayed at what is happening in Egypt, with the elected Muslim Brotherhood overthrown by the military and massive violence intensifying between protesters and the police/army, resulting in many deaths and injuries.  Each side accuses the other of provoking the violence, and nobody is backing down.  And with such a conflict, there are inevitably scapegoats that are wrongly blamed for the situation.  Christian churches are being attacked and destroyed, and the old standbys of Israel and its American ally are once again also being used as scapegoats to foment agitation and hatred against us.

It's true that the Muslim Brotherhood was democratically elected, but I have a problem with newly elected parties and/or individuals in countries without democratic traditions immediately taking actions after taking office to enact laws restricting or even outlawing political opposition.  It is a widespread problem.  I remember Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe doing this as well as Russia's Vladimir Putin and Venezuela's late Hugo Chavez.  Apparently the (former) president Mohamed Morsi was trying to consolidate his power this way as well, and it didn't sit well with the military.

The Muslim Brotherhood is not going away, and the government's actions against it may officially marginalize it and its members while making it more radical and violent.  On the other hand, there is a sizable portion of Egypt's voting population that supported this organization in the last election, and whatever prompted them to give them their support needs to be taken into account by whatever party that holds the reins of political power...