My backbone is just fine, thank you. Indeed, having a spine is essential if we're going to keep FR from turning into a cesspool.
It looks like the Mods nuked the comment too (I alerted it to them), so it looks like their backbone is doing fine.
I honestly recommend that when you have the "F" word - or other such cuss - thrown at you in FR (I don't disbelieve you), that you show a backbone for smart and civic discourse by hitting the abuse button on those posts as well.
FR threads are around forever (we hope). Do you want people looking back in a hundred years, and drawing the kinds of conclusions about our cause that these vulgar posts - TO EACH OTHER HERE ON THE FORUM - imply?
Really? Good for you.