Why is America called a "free country"?

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Why is America called a "free country"?

This entire country is based on lies and hypocrisy! The early settelers came here mainly for religious freedom, but killed and forcibly converted the natives to thier religions. The Mormons were persacuted for thier beliefs and killed. The goverment also promised the natives that they could stay on thier land as long as the buffalo were alive, then hired people to hunt all of the buffalo! In the present we deny the right for people to come here for better lives! Instead of sending them all back why not try to make where they are running from better for them? The goverment denys the right to homosexual marrige in most states. And we are spending all this money to destroy other countries and lose our own men and women in the wars. I just don't understand how this is a free country.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: You did pretty good on naming all the bad things this country was. You forgot to mention the Mountain Meadows Massacre where the Mormons killed other whites.

Few other things to mention. There is no " right" for illegal immigrants or immigrants to enter the US. It still is a process and privilege, not a "right". Every country has some type of border control also. Many more stringent than the US.

The US is not allowed to go into the countries where "people are running from" to make them better. Unless of course, you're saying for the US to take over other countries.Why would the US spend billions and trillions to make another country better and then still have an immigration problem. "The Government" denies rights of gay marriages.? If you mean the Federal government, they have stayed out of this. It is up to each State and they are starting to line up with your idea of freedom.

It is a free country because you have just been allowed to rant about how terrible it is here. It is free because I am allowed to disagree with you.