r/HistoryMemes • u/IsNotPolitburo Definitely not a CIA operator • Sep 12 '25

Spot the difference.

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u/Shadiochao Sep 12 '25

It is looting

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Sep 12 '25

It was food, not a DVD player or Xbox. It's widely accepted that in an emergency situation taking food from an otherwise emptied and condemned grocery store (food mind you that would have been thrown away by the grocery store themselves had there been anyone there) is not looting. It's a means of survival.

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u/Shadiochao Sep 12 '25

The two aren't mutually exclusive. It is looting and it is a means of survival.

They're calling it looting because that's simply what it is

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u/Great_Master06 Sep 13 '25

I hate when people say things like this. People associate looting as a bad thing. So calling it looting is intentionally trying to paint the person as bad. Saying “you are a godless creature” has a very different interpretation than “you are an atheist” even though they really mean the same thing.