All Things Equal (джен)

When Steve says, “Rumlow said "Bucky" and… all of a sudden I was a 16-year-old kid again, in Brooklyn. And people died. It's on me,” it’s presented as a human and understandable thing that shouldn’t be held against him even though his emotional reaction cost eleven Wakandans and an unspecified number of others their lives.
What would it look like if other characters were extended the same latitude for their emotional reactions?