Unpopular opinion ... The Founding Fathers deserve a little bit of disrespect, as do most Famous People In History. "Worship Words" are not useful when drained of meaning. (And, yes, I understand your dislike of "AI", but the advert is mostly not about that)
One of Canada's main "founding fathers" and 2nd longest serving Prime Minister was well known to be an alcoholic and Canadian kids are taught about his many flaws (and achievements). Almost nothing is named after him, although his face was on $10 bills for a while. This is widely considered to be a Good Thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Macdonald#Legacy_and_memorials
Deification of the "Founding Fathers" is not helpful. Critical examination of what they did (both good and bad) - that's helpful. And if it takes a bit of "disrespect" to do that, why not?
Peter Ludemann
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