French thugs complain that criticism of them is unfair, but plenty of people can testify about how thugs attacked protesters.

I criticize any protesters that start avoidable violence against thugs. But don't be too quick to assume that isn't the fault of the thugs. Those "protesters" might be thugs, acting as provocateurs to give the protesters a bad name. I don't know whether this is happening in France, but it has happened in other places.