I've lived long enough to see a distinct shift in what people consider moral and immoral. Are you certain in your moral rectitude? (I am, even though I fall short of it, and change my mind now and then.)
> these men were judged by the morality of their times
Half the colonies considered slavery to be moral in their time. So much so that, a few years later, fought and died in a terrible war to defend it.
But I don't own other humans as property, so at least I have that going for me.
>I've lived long enough to see a distinct shift in what people consider moral and immoral.
And yet you have no issues making moral judgements yourself, as you so often do in political threads. You seem to believe in the absolute moral good of the US and free market capitalism, and the absolute moral evil of socialism and leftism, but you just can't bring yourself to say the founding fathers were immoral for owning slaves. Why? Because maybe in the future slavery might come back and someone might say "That Walter Bright guy didn't even believe in slavery that shmuck, we should tear down his statues forthwith?" Is that really how you think?
I'll leave you with the last word, since you're starting to go in circles. Good night.