Comments on: Beverly v. Gloucester: Class War on the North Shore

By: Spanning the Web | Boston Daily

Spanning the Web | Boston Daily — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:38:07 +0000

[...] at the Beverly Farms parade is just another example of the class warfare between local towns. [Seth Gitell via Universal [...]

By: Cheesehead in Recovery

Cheesehead in Recovery — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:27:20 +0000

Needham, super rich? Sure, down on South Street perhaps,….but I never thougth of myself as super rich…. just hard working. On the other hand, we wantned to live in Newton, and we couln’t afford it!

By: Christopher VanHaight

Christopher VanHaight — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:25:41 +0000

Clearly, steel drum bands like the one in the parade are a ubiquitous tool that the ruling class uses to oppress the masses. Or not. Sure, they were making fun of Gloucester, but I think it was also at least partly aimed at the media circus that arose. Hey, if derisively poking fun at the situation leads some teenager somewhere to reconsider their plans for getting pregnant, a service has been done. Nothing can change attitudes like peer-group shaming.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:32:38 +0000

If your every waking moment is torn by the anxiety of class envy, then you will see class oppression in everything.

Somehow I doubt the actual wealthy bluebloods of Beverly were the ones with the hand painted “She smelled like Tuna – Should’ve pulled out Soonah” on the hand-made slut-mocking float.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:40:46 +0000

Remember folks: It’s definitely not a group of people poking fun at a national news story. It’s those rich people engaging in class warfare.

One would wonder if there would be as much hoopla over this if the parade/float was in Lawrence.

By: Lori Magno

Lori Magno — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:20:35 +0000

Speechless. Utterly speechless.