Yes, finally a politician, who takes the deniers and their retarded positions on strongly. I will be curious to see whether he can have success. If so, I would strongly urge that we follow it.

This cavalier dealing with a pandemic has unnecessarily prolonged it, worsened its effects, and the state needs to intervene to put this civil disobedience that threatens everybody directly down. Sure, it would be a major infliction on the cherished individual freedoms and rights, but the people, who can't be bothered to learn or understand anything, have brought it onto themselves and they are endangering and threatening the livelihood people, who have done everything right.

Of course, the numbers are better, but 10% makes for about six million walking killers in France. Best to force vaccinate everyone who does not have medical reasons to be spared. Just bend them over a barrel and get the needle in. Then fine them for having put their fellow man at risk. Perhaps ten per cent of 2hat they make a year, for costs and damages incurred. The lunacy has to be brought to an end. It would be different had they not walked around indirectly risking to kill others for over a year. Perhaps 60 lashes should be an option if they feel they cannot afford the fine.

I was not so much talking about how much worse indecent people can make it than in France, I talked about what an adequate, responsible action is when one is in power and deals with a rock bottom ten per cent who spoil it for the rest of us. In the US it is far, far worse, of course. You live among 30% of indecent people, and I live among 40-50%. 

I think a literal translation would be "to shit on/all over" or "to foul [with shit]".   Interesting that being annoyed, bugged, or bored is expressed in French as being covered with shit.

Edit to add some corroboration:

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/je-temmerde.150343/

(regarding Je t'emmerde)

This means tease, annoy, give problems, put in shit. It translates literally "Shitting" from shit. because "Merde" is "Shit" Something like puting someone in shit. the action of having someone getting dirty with shit. That is very annoying and uncomfortable. So that is what it means. Make someone or himself uncomfortable, annoyed, in trouble, put in an undesirable position. Example: "that's an annoying problem" would translate like: "C'est un probleme emmerdant". By the way it is not good french it is gross. You don't say that unless you are among close friends beacouse it is gross. It is improper language to use with someone you don't know or are getting acquainted with.

Rebeccah

When I was young I worked in a bottling plant where many employees were ethnically French Canadian.  They spoke French as well as English.  And I well recall the word "merde." I think it is like the word "shit" in English; a word known to any adult who is born speaking the language but is vulgar and except as a direct quotation is not used in polite discourse.