Perhaps that is a major part of the problem. We, as citizens of the Untied States of America, do not consider our rights to be our privilege, a gift given to use by the early people of our great nation. Let us not forget about the conditions that our ancestors were forced to live under before they came to America. The rights of the people encompass the welfare of the community because it is the governed that give our government its power. I think George Bernard Shaw said it best when he made the comment 'Liberty means responsibility.
Freedom is an important part of our nation.
It is what makes the United States of America what it is today. If we would pay attention to other nations in this world, we could see just how lucky we really are. Instead, we argue over petty little things that aren't that significant when we forget just how important it is that we can speak our minds at all about the government. Most nations' people can't even do that. The way the American people bicker over some things makes them look like spoiled ungrateful kids sometimes.