Freedom?

America is known as the "Land of the Free." If so, how come so many people are trapped within their own minds? I know it's selfish to be complaining when people in other countries are being enslaved and don't have rights to their own opinions, but opinions are the problem in America. Everyone's opinion, good or bad, can make someone feel bad about themselves. The people that I'm around are not understanding and lack empathy to a full extent. Maybe I just need to surround myself with people who have a conscience. There are different kinds of Freedom, one is the way the government works and the other is fear of being ones self. If you can't be yourself, especially around your family and friends, then how is that free? It's freedom in the sense that you work with pay and can do whatever you want within reason, but if one isn't acting ones self then what's the point?