The farmers have been anything but peaceful. They've destroyed public & private property, doused it in literal shit, started fires and threatened politicians. They've also blocked roads preventing emergency services from getting through.
I like Bill Burr's quote here - "A dog should not bite a man. But if a dog does bite a man, it's fair to ask what he was doing when it bit him"
It's understandable they don't like it, but the reaction is ridiculously extreme.
I get that that would be a hard transition, but you don’t get to say “they were peaceful before when others weren’t” when the lack of peacefulness from others was largely because they weren’t getting the same support and protection that these groups were getting, especially when they’re directly demonstrating in their responses now that they fundamentally agree with the issues that caused prior protests and riots, now that those issues also impact them.
It's funny - prior to this thread I didn't realize the protests were over subsidies. Definitely a case of seeing my own filter bubbles.
Keep in mind that these farmers mostly export their food for profit. It is not being used to feed our own population.
Yeah, so? That's how they like their protests in France (and how we like them in several parts of Europe too).
The French state itself was established on a much more violent rebellion...
You say that like it is a good thing whereas one of my main wishes for my country is for it never to become like revolutionary France.