Chris Kyle lied about climbing the football stadium and shooting "looters" and people got mad over him lying and not the fact that he specifically lied about shooting black americans looking for
food and water. Remember that. Your average burger is like "oh okay yeah shooting black people makes sense!" oh wait, you LIED? How DARE you!
completely unrelated situation, but I've seen a similar kind of dynamic with all the Diddy allegations, where people are more disgusted by the possibility that he might be gay/bi than the fact that he sexually abused several people and possibly covered up attempted murder and who knows what else
I'm glad that so far the "looting" rhetoric around Helene is fairly tame. Even when I hear people say it they usually follow it up with "but I understand why".
It's still real bad up here, but the average man on the street is more pissed at businesses and apartment complexes immediately price gouging than any "looting"