What do I love so much about the National Anthem, the Star Spangled Banner -- that is also my National Anthem? I have a fiery spirit that doesn't often show itself unless it's provoked. The actions of the NFL players, particularly that guy Colin - they infuriated me. How much does that dude know about the history of that anthem? I don't think he really ever took the time to learn about it; he doesn't really identify with it. I happen to identify with it, a lot. You see? The rebellious, unyielding fiery spirit that supports it - it's the same antioppressive spirit that inspired the national anthem of the country where I was born, Cuba. La Bayamesa, the inational anthem of Cuba starts "We're up, going into combat. And it continues with blood-pumping slogans such as "Living on your knees is dying." "Dying on your feet is living." That sort of spirit is the same sort of spirit that drove the American defenders of Fort McHenr...
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