Freedom different for everyone

OK, my problem with the word "freedom" used by Americans is that it means something different to everyone who uses it. The white, heterosexual male will have a vastly different view of freedom than will a non-straight, non-Christian Arab woman like me. People toss the word "freedom" around like it's a universal experience, and I don't think it is.

I myself am not an extremist at any end of the spectrum. I'm not anti-American, but I don't agree with the kind of blind patriotism I've been seeing lately.