By now, everyone’s heard about Alec Baldwin’s profane rant at his daughter via voice mail.<\/p>\n
And a good chunk of America – including some who’d claim to know better<\/a> – has taken sides; Baldwin is the bad guy, according to much conventional wisdom.\u00a0 And of course, calling your daughter a “pig” is very, very bad form, to say the least; don’t do it, Dads.<\/p>\n And yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n In most of these divorce squabbles, it does indeed take two to tango.\u00a0 And while venting at his daughter was a very bad thing, the fact is that Baldwin’s ex, Kim Basinger, is providing ample grounds for anger<\/a>:<\/p>\n Basinger is facing trial on 12 misdemeanor counts of criminal contempt for allegedly disregarding court orders concerning Baldwin’s visitation rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u00a0I’ve known a lot of divorced dads in my day – guys who don’t have publicists, who can’t even afford lawyers to go to court over things like their ex-wives keeping their kids from them (although they’re happy to cash the child support checks).\u00a0 For most of these guys, guys who don’t have Baldwin’s resources to fight endlessly in court, the anger turns inward; depression, self-destructive behavior, booze.\u00a0\u00a0 The simple fact is – as Basinger’s record shows – there are very few serious consequences for interfering with a father’s visitation in this country.<\/p>\n