The Pride of Vallekas

Allen Dodson runs the VillarrealUSA.com blog, a SBNation blog dedicated to all things Villarreal and the official penya of Villarreal in USA. You can follow it on Facebook here and on Twitter here . A bit about yourself and your background... I live in central California, have been a football (soccer) fan since the early 1970’s. We didn’t have youth soccer anywhere when I was growing up so I’ve had to satisfy my craving for the game by writing about it rather than playing it. How long have you been a fan of Villarreal and what made you support them in the first place? I started following Villarreal when they had that incredible Champions League run in 2005-06. Ironically, what started me following their results was that I had grown up a Liverpool supporter and Villarreal defeated Everton, Liverpool’s rival, in the qualifying round, so I liked them immediately! But what really got me following the team in earnest was that Marcos Senna, who was just incredible in the 2008 Eu...

Warning - this is not a Rayo post as per usual. Also, if it offends you you can either hide in your safe space or debate it. I'm not going to beat around the bush. I'm confused. I'm confused because whether in politics or sports or any other topic, there apparently has to be one right way and every other line of thought is labelled as wrong. I'm confused because the same people who talk about free speech and defending it are the same people who in the same breath will call people who express a differing opinion as racist or sexist or any of the thousands of words that have lost meaning because of overuse. The right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. That's free speech. Social media has encouraged this culture of "offense". You don't like something said on Twitter? Click the report abuse button. Block 'em. Books with warnings - "this is likely to cause offense". Seriously? Here's a musing - offense is s...