Sorry for sounding like a broken record but the fact is, once again, that’s an obvious ad hominem fallacy. The article isn’t claiming that Jefferson is a good man or a role model but that some of the ideas he expresses are valuable. You’re main response does seem to be trying to dispute that by attacking his character, which is obviously not a valid or logical argument — it’s an ad hominem fallacy. You could try to attack countless philosophical theories or practices by questioning the character of their proponents but the consensus among the majority of philosophers is that it’s not a legitimate strategy to do so because the character of someone espousing a theory has no logical bearing on the content of the theory.
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