The “gilet jaunes” are a sort of safety reflecting belt uniform the government handed to car drivers.
The fascism of ecology and collectivist public transport has basically created an army reminiscent of those wearing the yellow star.
it wasn’t only the rural folks.
30,000 were expected in Paris the second weekend, but Macron’s police had orders and the official Government figure ended up being 8,000 in Paris, 106,000 around the country. you could probably double those figures nonetheless:
24 Nov: RFI France: Yellow Vests clash with police, curse Macron at Paris protest
By Tony Cross
A solid cordon of police sealed off the Champs Elysées and surrounding streets, leaving the Place de la Concorde, opposite the French parliament, eerily empty.
They’ve blocked everything off!” exclaimed one of a group of young men striding down the Tuileries Gardens. “We can’t get through. We can’t tell them what we want to tell them. They’ve closed all the metro stations. They don’t want us to speak up.”...
What about the government’s claim the tax increases are needed to fight climate change.
“That’s crap,” said Daniel...
http://en.rfi.fr/france/20181124-yellow-vest-protesters-clash-police-curse-macron-paris-protest
24 Nov: AP: French protesters angry over fuel taxes clash with police
By THOMAS ADAMSON
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said that 8,000 protesters flooded the Champs-Elysees at the demonstration’s peak and there were nearly 106,000 protesters and 130 arrests in total nationwide...
https://www.apnews.com/d3033b920af449b594e66b51890b517b