Obama's Speech 'Freedom Is Better Than Fear'

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Obama's speech overall focus on the Islam and how in america we are taking our anger on the Muslims who fight for our country because of the hate we have on the Islam. During the speech president Borock Obama was using language in his speech so that it does not just relate to just Islam's but to many cultures in the world.He was stating that we as a county should not fight against one another,that we should stick together in this time of crises.Also their something that stuck with me through the speech is when he said “Freedom is better than Fear”.Then I asked myself how are we free when we are living in fear from our own law enforcement ?
We are supposed to feel equal in the USA but still we live in fear from our own police. What I have token from this video is that we as U.S citizens should treat people more equally and that includes all Muslims that live and fight for our country.We want to be equal no
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One more question that came to mind is;Why exactly are we giving the people who are trying to destroy the USA weapons that could harm us and or our allies? We are basically giving them the fire power to harm other countries like Paris. So after that incident we should stop sending them firearms. I mean how are we supposed to protect ourselves if we keep send them the fire power.
The president wants us to be equal towards one another but we can't all be equal towards each other if we are fighting one another here at home. We as a Nation should not be fighting each other no matter what culture we believe in or what race we are.Like stated in his speak”We can not fight Islam if we are fighting one another here in the United states”. In order for us to succeed in stopping Islam from causing more fear anywhere else we have to stop the fight here. Even though we have Muslims who fight for our country we still treat them as equals no matter

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