I had trouble understanding why the "rich and famous" are always defending the terrorist and criminals until I read that sentence.
The limousine liberals are frantic to preserve their privileged lifestyle and will give "lip service" to anyone or any movement that looks threatening or dangerous.
Their liberalism is rooted in their having everything and being afraid to lose any of it.
This energy conversion is already well underway. It has just been very poorly covered by big city media.