From everything i've seen it seems to have the opposite tone and ethos as biblical sodom & gomorrah—it's oriented around welcoming strangers and not abusing them. Even being kicked out would be preferable.

It is a 60000 people festival where OP came with friends he knows for years (by own words).

It says something about OP and his friends, but it is unclear who was actually in the wrong. We have no idea whether the "other" people were in the wrong or someone actually crossed lines and "others" reacted reasonably. Because people who, for example, abuse or mistreat others see themselves as victims when it is not enabled.

But, what is sure is that if your friends turn on you during short crowded festival, the issue is in your group dynamic. And way OP uses language suggest the kind of personality that will blame strategically rather then fairly

If the festival turns against you and you want to argue they're wrong, fine.

If the festival AND your friends turn against you, maybe you were being a dick and you're not telling us the whole story.

You forgot the 100F day, 40F night, multi-day-long white-out dust storms and 75mph winds, dirt floor that turns to wet concrete if it rains and is so acidic it'll give your feet a chemical burn.

But yeah, the burn is hell on relationships. If you go with a significant other there's a big chance you'll break up by the end. On the other hand you might go home with someone new...