For context, i'm french, and there are currently many protests in France due to a convergence of student complaints and the crisis of increased living costs.
-THIS IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF THIS RANT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.-
What i loathe is this ; today during the protest/riot (because as it turns out, sometimes the difference isn't really clear) some masked "students" decided they wanted to be even worse than usual and so organized a raid on the city hall of Limoges.
They broke a few windows to get in, and started fires with molotovs at many different places as to spread the fire and make it impossible for the already overworked and outnumbered firefighters to fight back. And since it was quite an old building (1883), it burned quickly and was officially destroyed in the evening.
I don't want to get into the political stuff, and i hope i don't have to explain how awful the arsonists are... What i really want to talk about is how some people watched the whole thing happen and cheered, yes, CHEERED for it, for the destruction of a historical monument.
There is not a single scenario where i can imagine myself laughing, applauding, or anything like that when destroying something so important...
Even if those people did not start the fire themselves, they are in my opinion just as bad because they are enabling such an act instead of righfully being horrified. It's just insane...
=> Oh and before someone wants to bring up the french Revolution or any other out-of-place example : France has no money left for anything, education was and still is completely free (for now), and we are one of if not the country with the most social help. So not only is it incredibly ingrate, not only is it increasing the cost of repairs on an already dying economy, but it is also and most importantly completely counterproductive because it will justify repressing the movement in its entirety