I’m never sure of what the goal is in this topic. If it’s educational and a reminder that we should always question our actions and morality, that’s fine. But it’s often phrased in a way to try and discredit the Founders, which seems dishonest.

I mean, I noted that over half the Founding Fathers were outright abolitionists, and that Washington was of a similar thinking.

The hypocrisy is hard to deny for the slave-owners, however (Washington included), and Jefferson and Madison were unambiguously pieces of shit for their positions on slavery in a time when slavery was becoming increasingly contentious.