They aren't actually asking for your forgiveness. They are forgiving themselves, thus absolving themselves of responsibility for their own sins. There is nothing more horrifying to them than the idea of consequences, so they found a way to mentally off-load the liability onto the very people they persecuted.

They aren't actually asking for your forgiveness. They are forgiving themselves, thus absolving themselves of responsibility for their own sins. There is nothing more horrifying to them than the idea of consequences.