The word "Revolution" is among the most consequential gems in the english language.

History has associated the word with images of musket-wielding, ash-faced frenchmen or battle-hardened colonists soon-to-be Americans fighting for higher-order ideals of freedom. But similar to most illustrious historical concepts, contemporary politics rarely does them justice. 

Enter Black Lives Matter. 

The New York Times, for instance, noted that overall American support for Black Lives Matter increased "nearly as much as it had in the two preceding years." 

Of course, novelty often brings excitement. Think of the crowds that flood the streets of major cities around the world whenever a new iPhone is released– Black Lives Matter is no exception to this rule. 

Indeed, TeenVogue urged Black Lives Matter activists not to allow their "revolution" to succumb to those nasty, grubby general political interests.

And the ever-so hip-to-the-left publication Vox's Black Lives Matter apologism tied the movement's activities to a long tradition of "American radicalism."

The article incorrectly associates Black Lives Matter with the struggle against Jim Crow laws that resulted in the Civil Rights Movement. 

Oh, yes: some actors in left-wing media are likening the goals of Black Lives Matter, the organization, with the Civil Rights Movement. And if one attacks anything resembling the struggle for Civil Rights, they can quite easily be written-off as a bad person, a racist, and so on. All while attaching Black Lives Matter to "American radicalism."

Oh, how far we are from the promised land.