People's Republic of Smugness: Fancy Cambridge Joint Thinks Poor People are Funny

Image of Cambridge City Hall by Caroline Roberts.

Every year, folks in Boston try to find alternatives to spending Independence Day on the Charles, amidst the crowds. There are many facets to the American experience and many different ways to celebrate the founding of our nation.

And what's more American than making fun of poor people?

It's a question that you don't have to ask the hipsters of Cambridge. According to the Cambridge Chronicle, the Lizard Lounge, the swanky Cambridge nightclub, will host its sixth annual "White Trash Party," and the trappings—swiped from the middle class's treasure trove of cliches about poor people—couldn't be more hilarious:

free wife beaters for the ladies, go-go dancers, a “Teenie Weenie Bikini” contest at midnight, and free pork rinds, this Independence Day event is straight out of the trailer park.

The only thing that's missing from this lovely tableau is a blazer-sporting Massachusetts liberal to sneer at everybody. Oh, wait.