This is a story I personally find very interesting. It strikes at quite a few things that I have either done or have thought of doing. It has elements that I am familiar with, an ex-wife, blogs, and having the opportunity to express myself without fear of legal retribution.
The background to the story is that there is an ex-husband and father who started a blog called The Psycho Ex Wife. Anthony Morelli started the blog back in 2007 detailing the volatile relationship that he was having with his ex-wife. He describes his blog as "the true account of a marriage, divorce, and subsequent (child) custody fight between a loving man, his terroristic ex-wife who we suspect suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder (at least from our armchair psychologist diagnosis), and the husband's new partner."
The recent story about the Psycho Ex Wife Blog is that a judge recently ordered him to take down the blog or risk losing custody of his two sons. Anthony has challenged the ruling that it violates his First Amendment rights. What's important in the blog is the 4 year struggle that has gone on with this divorce. $80,000 in legal fees, custody evaluations, child abuse allegations, emails back and forth and other items that make my divorce look like a walk in the park. The Psycho Ex Wife blog doesn't use any names and Anthony keeps his ex-wife and son's names from appearing on it.
I understand Anthony's anger and as a writer and blogger I can see why he went to that community to look for answers and to commiserate with others in the same boat. Is this the best way for him to vent his anger? Maybe yoga, or meditation would have helped, but having an outlet to vent can be therapeutic. The Psycho Ex Wife blog became a hit with about 200,000 hits a month on it. Seems there are a lot of angry ex-spouses out there looking to vent themselves.
The unfortunate situation in all this is their children will take the hit for all this. In my divorce, and it was a case of infidelity, I choose not to bad mouth my ex-wife in front of my children. I learned that throwing mud only gets splashed back at you and your kids will never respect a parent who bad-mouths the other. Anthony should continue his blog; however, the focus should be on helping others to vent and get through their pain and not slinging crap at his ex-wife.