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I think you'll find scientific consensus isn't on your side here. The American Heart Association certainly doesn't agree with your assessment

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The American Heart Association has a huge investment in a narrative they've been pushing for 40 years.

Randomized controlled trials show LDL consistently drops with lower saturated fat intake, and randomized controlled trials show LDL strongly correlated with coronary risk. It’s one of the best-established causal relationships in nutrition science.

The American Heart Association’s narrative is based in observed clinical relationship between saturated fat intake, LDL, and coronary events.

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