[C19fan]

Reminds me of the Lincoln is a homo claim because he had a male friend and shared a bed with him as a struggling lawyer. Of course beds were a luxury in the mid-19th century so sharing a bed was a common practice.

[Oratam]

You are absolutely right. Applying a contemporary, and dare I say American middle-class, standard to one's interpretation of the past proves one is either ignorant of history, which may be forgiven, or dishonest, which must be challenged.

"So fixated with his vice that he sees it everywhere." Indeed.