Who actually sides with Meredith?

The Circle is not only unjust and cruel, but also very dangerous. Often I wrote why. In the Circle are practically only those who are not quite intensively lick the Templars' ass or don't have some influential supporters (as Vivienne for example), so they can't go out. The Grey Wardens also out of the Circles, then we have a lot of mages, who nothing prevents from to summon a bunch of demon, or become an abomination or something. But why want to be abomination ANYONE? Most of mages don't want more, just live as anyone else. But they are can't because of Chantry propaganda and Circle-system. You can't legalize the cruelty with fear. 

And as I said: if mage Hawke not a hypocrite, as they arrived in Kirkwall, s/he need to go into the Circle, because s/he dont want to be free, because s/he know, that no one mage deserve the freedom (if s/he is rogue or warrior, s/he know his/her duty, then take Bethany, and put her into the Circle).

Just note in a low voice: Many people outrages what Anders did but not so much care about the Templars did with mages, mage children from the will of the Chantry, and approve the Circle system, which has much more innocent victims than Anders.

Anders also will remain by your side if you don't kill him...or? Maybe I misunderstod you, but I don't really understand what you want to say. (Ps: Sorry for my long sentences, and weak English)

I sided with her every single time. Mostly due to the insane amount of blood-mages that attacked me. A lunatic she was, but she was right about the blood mages.

A paranoid commander just as dangerous as the blood mages, who used blood magic because they was in hopeless situation. Meredith and her paranoia was one of the biggest cause of Kirkwall's terrible situation.

Most of them attacked me even though I HAD sided with them. Piles of them attacked me in the streets. And those morons I spared and helped in chapter 2 kidnapped Bethany and tried to blackmail me later. Even Orsino protected that serial killer that killed Hawke's mother. Meredith wasn't that insane until she got the red lyrium thingy, though. After that she went full nutcase. But out of the two, the mages in Kirkwall were the worst. When they kept proving Meredith right for years, and hiding serial killers, they don't get to play the victim card.

I suspect it was the writing that botched the mages side of the story, though. Chapter 3 in particular was a mess in this game. The game was rushed and the story suffered for it.

Blood mages kept attacking me way before I had even sided with the templars once. They kept attacking me when I sided with the mages. And the ones I helped attacked me later. Given how 99% of escaped mages actually turned to blood magic anyway, I'd say odds were pretty good that Karl would have done the same.

Turning 1 mage into a tranquil isn't worse than human sacrifice via blood magic.

Was she? When Hawke talks with her, she says she didn't expect things to escalate so quickly, or something like. That's because she turned her back hoping time would fix the problem. She was wrong. What could she do? One is to get hold of Cullen and talk to him about Meredith. He could have a couple of templars with him to have Meredith removed. But that can't happen. Cullen is a coward. Its only at the end that he grabs a pair and opposes Meredith. So its a combination of Elthina and the templars, knowing something was wrong with what Meredith is doing, that let to the right of annulment being used. Of course it didn't help that Anders blew up the chantry.

I do support Meredith. Its just unfortunate that the idol made her crazy.

No she wasn't. Maybe ruthless, but that's ok. One of the reasons I like her.

You mention a leader like her shouldn't exist.. Take a look at the First Encanter calling himself Orsino. There's a loser if ever I met one.  The piece of crap that he is failing to mention Quentin that may of saved Hawkes mother. What a dirtbag.

And made it into a nice looking sword. I like it. Too bad warrior Hawke couldn't have a sword like that

And it worked. hahaha. My Hawke likes her. Has no problem supporting her. Maybe DA2 can be remade and have Meredith and Hawke on a quest together hunting mages. I would play as mage Hawke. How awesome would that be? excellent

His kind? You mean the mages? Why does a mage have to support other mages?
What?