re: Negan supporters check in here

The thing is, Rick had really lost his way. In his mind, he was Negan. Their group were the badass, battle tested warriors who would just kill anyone who they deemed "needing to die." Rick even said to Darryl when they first got to Alexandria, "if we have to, we'll just take this place from them." Not an exact quote, but that was his mindset. His attitude towards the Saviors ("do you want this to be your last day on earth?") wasn't very different than Negan's toward him, except that Rick actually wanted to murder every single one of them.

Propping up Rick in his current state as the moral compass of the show is just as bad as justifying Negan's way.