Thecorbin

I am not sure you can have a consensual relationship with a slave. Edit: I'm going to add this, because I just googled it...he was 44 and she was 14 when historians believe he began raping her. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Hemings

No one is applying modern ethics. We are applying the populous majority ethical standards of the time codified by TJ with the words "all men are created equal"/ And furthermore, it is literally a logical impossibility to have consent from someone in bondage! You, my dear bovine friend, fortify the term moron with lots of iron-y.

...And you're using the term your incorrectly...the ironing gods be damned!

Are you calling the 44 year old man that raped his 14 year old slave, "socially progressive"? And, is it really an "unrealistic moral high bar" to not rape slaves? Come on man, do you really believe what you say or are you simply trying to play the devil's advocate? EDIT: And I am going to say this "looking at today's Americans"...what would you know about America, past, present, or future, you denim tuxedo wearing super-Yankee?

Do you think slavery was morally culpable by the populous majority standards of the 1700's? And, do you think we should have a monument built in the nation's capital that honors a rapist?