Yeah I'm aware of this.

It's an awakening process.... I guess it's a good thing I've developed my own critical thinking such that I can take ideas I like from various characters while simultaneously rejecting ideas from them that I dislike or disagree with...

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. He's not Jesus, he does make mistakes, but he talks about a lot of stuff that needs to be talked about. As with everything, it just needs discernment.