Word.
I think we have to remember that their works were developed between the 1950s and 1980s, and they were groundbreaking for their era.
The best way to pay homage to our scholars, philosophers, and social critics is not by dogmatically ingesting and regurgitating their works, but critically understanding them, building on their foundations, and making the needed adjustments and modifications to their ideas.
I appreciate their works, they have helped me immensely, I can’t appreciate people who take their works as unquestionable gospel without applying their own insights.