French here. It is. That gas stuff was just the tipping point, Yellows don't give much fuck about it. The protest are about the thousands tax cuts Macron made toward the 1%, compensated by new taxes on poor and middles classes. French media are trying really hard to sell the protest as just "some small unhappiness about gas prices", while in the street the demand are clearly to throw away everything Macron did. Yellows are even starting to beat journalists that get too close, because (((our))) media are really not subtle with their propaganda, be it for international or local audience. Cops are even looking the other way when it happen, which is really not a good sign for Macron, as his power is held entirely by media and justice control.