Opinion | Support the Resistance in Myanmar

What the generals may not have anticipated was the fury of the people, and the fearlessness of a new generation of protesters inspired by civil disobedience movements in Hong Kong and Thailand. Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in the streets or have walked off their jobs in the days since the coup. Youthful protesters have imbued the resistance with an almost carnival atmosphere, most notably by projecting on the sides of buildings defiant images of a dove of peace, the three-finger salute of “The Hunger Games” and the smiling face of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi. General Min Aung Hlaing’s face, by contrast, has been routinely defaced on posters and online. A hacked state news media website began flashing the message, “We want democracy! Reject military coup! Justice for Myanmar!”

There is, of course, a dark side to this story. No similar mass protests were mounted…