It’s like I used to tell my social science students (high school level): the French knows how riot. I mean wearched up to the king in 1849 and said “no more power for you, sign this constitution and we can go home in time for wheel of fortune”… The French litt the streets on fire and killed their oppressors.

I need to find that clip of French firefighters protesting. The police tried to disperse the firefighters with tear gas and batons. But the firefighters had respirators, protective clothing and teamwork. So when the police pulled up like " here try this tear gas" they didn’t expect the firefighters to go “nice deodorant, here hold this flaming pallet for me, while I pelt you with more stuff that’s on fire”