Freedom in America

Freedom
Freedom has been discussed and debated for a while now and no one can completely agree that it exists. Does it really exist? Can one do what they feel because they have the want to? And how far does freedom exist without restraints?
Being free is to be able to have an opinion or act on a decision with out fear of oppression from society or from government. There are two sides to the idea of freedom. One side is that freedom is the rights of an individual. This concept is focused more on individual liberty and not as much as community-based. Freedom is personal liberty meaning that it is freedom of you. This can be, as long as you do not violate the rights of others. When it comes to the other way of thinking, freedom is focused more on the community. For example Martin Luther King Jr. preached about equality among "whites and blacks" and for freedom of the blacks from mental and physical slavery. …