re: This meme says a lot about what’s wrong with our society today

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How often is military appreciation month talked about in the media? Do they have 2-3 articles a day about it like pride month? How many mayors and other politicians declare "military appreciation month" and openly celebrate it with their constituents?

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You make a valid point about MAM. Frankly, I doubt that more than 10% of the populace is aware that it exists. They tend to focus instead upon Memorial Day

So, we have two, competing analyses of Gay Pride Month (GPM) vs MAM.

First, which gets more press? I am unaware of any empirical data, but I would not be surprised if I were to learn that GOM has gotten more PRESS in recent years. It is the Flavor of the Month. I would also not be surprised to see that CORPORATE observation of Memorial Day exceeds that of GPM. Seriously, half of the businesses in the country advertise a Memorial Day sale. How many do the same for GPM? For a week beforehand, your newspaper weighs twice as much, due to all the advertising inserts.

But we must also ask ourselves, “Which is observed by more people?” I doubt that anyone could argue with a straight face that Memorial Day is not actively observed by many, many more people than GPM.

Does the amount of “press” really matter, when more people join the observance of the event which garnered LESS “press?”