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Yes exactly.

The forced entry into their mind and thought planting did violate those people, but it also showed them a new side of themselves after Emma came to town. Then they were not acting out of Regina's script, they were reacting to situations  they came to face and making their own decisions . Those were lessons they learnt. And those were their own experience, The might choose to let go of the false memories planted on them by force but what to do with the memories they themselves made? they can only be relevant and helpful for future if they know why they happened and how they reacted as opposed to living out of a script.