De mortuis nihil nisi bene and all that, but, particularly given the surprisingly respectful send-off that she received in certain quarters (you know who I mean), Reason’s Cathy Young says what needs to be said about Andrea Dworkin. Here’s a sample:

“Critics of radical feminism have been often accused of exaggerating the importance of a handful of male-haters in the movement. Yet Dworkin was never relegated to the lunatic fringe where she belonged: Her texts have been widely assigned in women’s studies courses, and prominent feminists from activist Gloria Steinem to philosopher Martha Nussbaum have offered their praise, treating her hatemongering as extremism in defense of the oppressed. I prefer the view that hate is hate.”

Read the whole thing.