re: Michigan: Mom accidentally locks 2 month old in car; 911 dispatcher refuses to send help

Well you failed to do that given that you jumped forward however many years and two superbowl victories, including the greatest ever comeback against ATL, which changes the situation.

Brady was already the established GOAT going into last years superbowl. Against the Seahawks he hadn't won one in what, like a decade and would have been on a three straight losing streak, overall record of 3-3. Perception would have been vastly different with a loss despite him doing the exact same thing.

But this is a dumb argument, lets forget this. An easier example related to a mistake / crime.

Someone drives drunk and gets in a wreck, but everyone has seat belts and nobody hurt - big mistake clearly but not "unforgivable".

Exact same wreck / scenario but person in other car is not wearing seatbelt, gets thrown from car and dies. Gonna make it a lot tougher to forgive that person.

Drunk driver did the exact same thing in both situations, but the results change the perception making one worse than the other. This is a pretty simple and innate concept which I don't understand why you are arguing honestly.