What is freedom? To me freedom is the ability to do and think as you please but only to a certain extent.? We have certain barriers in place for our own safety as individuals or as a nation itself. The fact that we have freedom is a gift itself we can have certain ability?s to freely choose paths in life.? In the article ?Learned Hands I am an American Day Address? it states that we seek liberty and freedom from oppression, want and freedom from ourselves thus furthermore making our desire more intense.
I will willingly admit we take some freedoms for granted and some more especially then others. We take and take America is known for its freedom. That is us. In the article about President Ronald Reagan it talks about great examples …show more content…
There are people in services for our country. We have things such as the services. We have our men willingly out there risking their lives for our country.? We?re sending them out to anywhere they are needed and they go to and a lot of them are away from their families and even home. They get little contact and are getting injured and all sorts of people still somewhat have a grudge against our men.? Thus furthering my point made earlier about Americans taking freedom for granted and it make us selfish I will admit. We become materialistic just like the article said. Americans are what everyone looks up to when they think of the ?life? so to speak. Were the ideal people for everyone? This is freedom. Our past has given us a bad reputation as well. We have had many bumps along the road into freedom. Racism is something we have had around for a long time and it gave the ability to some people to be racist and have control over others. A great example of not having freedom would be slavery. We lived in poverty and had slaves in the 1800s. Then to now freedom has came along way and now every is equal. At least that's what we think we have said everyone gets these freedoms like the way you dress and the way you look the color of your hair or skin. We have cruel people in our society and many people find it hard to feel free when everyone is beating down on them. We have become a judgmental like the country has ?set standards that are not written in laws or in the courts and it is among the