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Columnist Defends Firing of Newspaper Editor Who Challenged ‘Third-Gender’ Driver’s Licenses

January 12, 2018

The columnist, John Walters, said fired Burlington Free Press editor Denis Finley “betrayed a profound ignorance of Vermont by trafficking in stereotypes” and “was deliberately provocative at best, downright intolerant at worst.” The column appeared in Seven Days, an alternative Vermont newspaper.