Actual monsters don't question their actions.
Carl was questioning himself and his actions.
Rick's actions have sent him off in spirals of guilt and hallucinations.
Michonne recognized what she had allowed herself to become and what she was becoming again (after the prison attack and scattering) and said never again.
They aren't monsters.
Rick used the only weapon he had available to save them - his mouth. Carl was in the process of being raped, Daryl was being beat to death and Michonne was next up for rape. They were all marked for death. Their weapons weren't handy. His mouth was.
While Rick was sitting against the truck, covered in blood, he looked as if he might snap again. He didn't. He finally came to terms with doing what you have to do to protect those you care about and not letting that destroy you or your ability to care. He told Daryl he was his brother. Before, Rick closed himself off from the rest because he felt damaged. He felt guilty.
Lizzie was a monster. Not the same kind of monster as the "Claimers" but still a monster.
You get the sense that Lizzie was always sick. Recall how Mika told her to look at the flowers, just look at the flowers like you're supposed to do - indicating this was a long term way for dealing with Lizzie's episodes. (her breaks)
Lizzie was most likely born that way. That's the sense I get anyway. Mentally unstable and living in her own world. The coming of the walkers just amplified and channeled her illness.
Poor Mika - wouldn't survive if it meant killing humans because she felt bad for what they used to be. I applauded her understanding, especially for one so young. For her it was absolute - killing people was wrong even if it meant your own death. Most people want to live and will respond to threats to their person.
But some people are seen as threats simply because some sociopath or deranged person sees them that way. Wouldn't matter how little of a threat they actually were - Maggie's group wasn't a threat to Terminus - they just wanted some help. The army guys weren't a threat to Woodbury or the Governor - but he wanted them dead anyway. Rick's group wasn't a threat to Woodbury and the Governor had to lie about it - because he wanted them dead anyway. Just like he lied to Tara and her sister and that other group - because he wanted them dead anyway.
The "Claimers" were a group of sociopaths. Born or made that way through childhood trauma...like Merle, but without the grain of redemption...for Merle loved his brother and that was his saving grace.
The "Claimers" were talking about raping Michonne in that house. Rick heard them. They didn't know they were talking about Michonne but they were. One of them said he had first go on the woman the shirt belonged to - the shirt Michonne washed and was drying before she and Carl left out. A group of men joking about who gets to rape a woman first is a group of men that are monsters. Rick had to get out. He had to warn both Carl and Michonne. Otherwise, they could have all died in that house.
Terminus is filled with cannibals (is my best guess based on the things I saw in the finale) - nothing good guy about cannibals. Before the breakdown of society (the society the characters knew) cannibalism was a taboo. Just because things have changed doesn't mean that has changed.
You don't have to prey on desperate people and trick them into entering your lair just so you can eat them in order to survive. Doing that makes you a monster. Even if they aren't cannibals - they still tricked people with the sanctuary BS and then stole their belongings and locked them in a train car. Good people don't do that.
The Governor didn't have to kill anyone to be in charge - he wanted to kill them. He didn't have to kill the people he killed to survive - he wanted to kill them. He was a monster.
Rick noticed the watch, the knapsack, the poncho and the police riot gear - it wasn't just one single item that did it. He knew those items belonged to people in his group.
I think your question is a question that the audience is supposed to ask.
And I'd wager there will be differing opinions.
I don't have a favorable opinion of Carol for killing Karen and David. I know a lot of other people do. I used to like Carol a lot.
I am glad Tyreese forgave her though. But for his sake, not hers.
I still wouldn't sneeze or cough around Carol.
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