EVERGREEN – Why can’t people confine their hate speech to chat rooms, where it belongs? At about midnight on July 16, a young lady on Manitoba Drive summoned a sheriff’s deputy to complain of toxic texts messages on her cell phone. The day before, said Gentle Flower, she’d terminated her once-amicable relationship with Former Friend, which apparently induced Former Friend’s steadfast supporters, Interloper and Buttinski, to send Gentle Flower hateful texts like “you’re such a piece of  (odiferous refuse) for treating her this way.” When contacted by deputies, Interloper said Gentle Flower had repeatedly phoned Former Friend, calling her “pathetic” and worse, which prompted her to text in her buddy’s defense. For his part, Buttinski admitted sending Gentle Flower angry texts, but said her unconscionable treatment of Former Friend necessitated a strong response, and anyway, Gentle Flower had fired back with some salty phone messages of her own. Likely exhausted and dealing with a crippling stress headache, the officer made all parties promise to never text each other again.