Weinstein inspired liberal fear and silence

a lord of culture, with celebrities and Democratic politicians sucking up to him for political funds and access to the flame of celebrity, and journalists with dreams of Hollywood screenwriting cash and glory, all of them stuck like crumbs to his chubby hands.

Then came the recent expose in The New York Times, revealing Weinstein as a serial sexual abuser of women, as the creepy cliche of the king of the casting couch became flesh once again. And more came out in the Times the other day, a series of actresses talking publicly of harassment at Weinstein’s hands.

Streep and several others have now properly denounced Weinstein as disgusting, and his pet Democrats, like Hillary Clinton and the Obamas, have finally come out with belated, safe statements of condemnation. But no one knew a thing? So many have been jabbering that they knew nothing, absolutely nothing, that they never heard and never suspected and never, ever countenanced it.

It was no secret. It was known. They protected Weinstein while condemning similar behavior in others because they feared him.

A quick hint of how that works was offered by “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels, days after the Weinstein story broke, even though “SNL” had jokes and skits ready to mock the Hollywood mogul, just as “SNL” had mocked Republicans like Donald Trump for boorishness.

But “SNL” didn’t touch Weinstein in that first show after the story broke.

What was Lorne Michaels’ explanation for leaving Weinstein alone? “It’s a New York thing,” he told a reporter.

Ah, a New York thing, and a Hollywood thing, where friends protect friends.

It comes back to Weinstein’s liberal media connections, his political connections, his power, his celebrity virtue-signaling defenders.

And women knew that if they stood up to him, they’d be crushed by this liberal army as it protected itself and its source of nourishment: Weinstein. They protected Bill Clinton the same way.

And now they’re all jesters, aren’t they?