Provide defense for a historical figure who is being criticized for behavior or actions that are considered unacceptable by contemporary social standards, and argue that they should be evaluated based on the norms of their own era.
This is all such BS,  People want to judge a man who lived in the 18th century with 21st century standards.  You have to judge him in the times that he lived.  Jefferson was a highly enlightened individual and a great intellectual for his times.  A truly great man.   People these days are such idiots.