you kind of put labels on kesey and i think if were truly familiar with who he was aside of a wiki bio.. read his works. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is an american masterpiece. his writing was stunning..gripping..profound. Sometimes a Great Notion is pretty much set around the Cushman area on the Siuslaw..a logging family. i lived in woods out that way and worked in them for a bit - hard work!!  the book talks about a family of loggers and it is so real.  there was an old house on an island only gotten to by boat with a crooked overgrown broke down house that was rumored to be the place that inspired Kesey. i've heard otherwise too...
   read his work.  he has earned and deserves respect. he had an significant impact on our culture that still expands. his writing draws you into the story in a very personal way. the way he builds depth into his characters is genius. 
  i don't think you should disrespect a dead man without really knowing who you are disrespecting. he can't respond.