You are welcome to your feelings. No one is denigrating jefferson.
What do you mean “No one is denigrating Jefferson.”
Are you just not paying attention or just being a huckleberry for X needing a rah-rah section for his misrepresentations.
Look at his quotes....
"If some of us take a particular dislike to him, ..(admitting his negative thinking.)
"TJ made one timid attempt at a law allowing masters to free their slaves (undocumented biased opinion).
"Jefferson was prettifying things for his audience. Anybody who objected to slavery was told it would go away with the king's tyranny, so they'd support Jefferson's political objectives. But was that really in the cards? Or was it another example of Jefferson's ability to deceive himself and others? (All of that total, unabashed personal commentary).
"Jefferson's language was wordy and bloated. Here it was bombastic...". (What kind of undocumented crap is this?)
"The timid Jefferson....
"Jefferson, who was too timid to speak before Congress....(Whose opinion was this?)
"...he was more about poses and appearances than following through. (More bashing)
"....timid Jefferson didn't really express his reaction (Bashing
Just read back and you will see what is really going on.