Remember 1968, when an unloved Richard Nixon won the presidency against a background of protests and riots? And won a landslide four years later against the same things? Apparently modern day Democrats don’t, as last week Hillary Clinton retweeted notes from two supporters endorsing the protests at the University of Missouri, and Politico ran a story about left wing donors meeting with the group Black Lives Matter to support its activities. According to the story, the donors are “considering ways to funnel support … to scrappier local groups that have utilized confrontational tactics to inject their grievances into the political debate.”

Normally, the phrase “black lives matter” would not be controversial, except for three minor things: Its members have suggested at moments that non-black lives aren’t equivalent. They see no difference between the deaths of Walter Scott, seen by all sides as capital murder; Eric Garner, where most conservatives agree the police acted badly; Freddie Gray, where the facts remain inconclusive; and Michael Brown, a 300-pound thief who had just robbed a store and died while trying to charge a policeman and grab at his gun.