A step further than I have ever been in my own reflections....

The puppet master is beyond human form. To feel hate or disapproval towards the puppets is to hate or disapprove of the part of ourselves that is being controlled by similar ideologies.

That's the final connection to make forgiveness complete. I think it's also close to the origin of shame. When we are aware that we too are puppets, it evokes the question of whether or not we are right to hate ourselves and disapprove of ourselves. And that is a different question.