I have no clue where this could lead.

I am a member of a very small online MH support forum at another site. Recently, I found out there is a hate group cyberstalking our members, and causing them real world problems - they " outed" one man after they were able to root out his real world identity, and ended up getting him fired. They would love to do the same to me.

They are hateful and truly evil. I have an online friend in the other forum, a big sensitive puppy dog of a kid, college age, who has severe depression and has recently been inpatient. Yesterday, they posted a message to him - it was a photograph of a noose and a chair. I simply cannot fathom why anyone would be so cruel, and to a complete stranger yet. It breaks my heart.

I have even wondered at times if this is real, or if I am delusional and in some kind of full blown paranoid hallucination. But, I have had a few trusted people right here check it out, and it is real.

I hope I can fight these people. I have an appointment this morning with an attorney. I spoke with him on the phone, he seemed to feel that he could help. The first step would be to petition the court for an order of personal protection and a temporary restraining order against these bigots, followed by a hearing about a permanent injunction against them. In a perfect world, that would lead to criminal charges against them and a lawsuit for defamation - they have libeled me in the most malicious ways.

How far it gets is hard to say - I could walk out of there today with nothing, feeling even more broken.

Wish me luck. I'm doing this for myself, but I am doing this for ALL of us - I am damned sick of being considered a second class citizen , damaged goods if you will, by a society that loves to kick people when they are down.