That's just people being stuck in an idealized world where perfect is the enemy of good.

Because realistically, if everyone acted like Gary did we'd have innocent men dropping dead constantly because "he touched me wrong!" is an easy claim to make and women/children constantly do it over nothing. Gary's case isn't like that, but laws aren't built on exceptions but consistent application.

So its the opposite of being brain rotted, its them being so naive to the rot of the world that they still think the justice system works and can be trusted to deal with these things in a civilized manner.