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The passing of the generational torch is often uncomfortable, but Garrison Keillor's rapid exit from the stage when 

Minnesota Public Radio cut busines ties with the man who built the operation

 is going to leave wounds beyond the allegations leveled against him.

A younger generation has been waiting for its opportunity, Nora McInerny wrote in 

 that Keillor's time is in the past, criticizing him for

) that dismissed, for example, efforts to rename Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis.

"It’s been 50 years, dude," said McInerny, who hosts a podcast -- 

 -- for the same company for which Keillor once toiled she wrote. "Let the rest of us have a turn."

Responding via Twitter and Facebook, Keillor rejected the suggestion.

There aren't a lot of people who can match Keillor for linguistic weaponry. McInerny is one of them, however, and isn't backing down.

Keillor has now locked down his Twitter page.

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The passing of the generational torch is often uncomfortable, but Garrison Keillor's rapid exit from the stage when Minnesota Public Radio cut business ties with the man who built the operation is going to leave wounds beyond the allegations leveled against him.

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