Yawn. Most of the "OMG, Linus swore!" wowserism is presented completely free of context, implying that this is how he generally goes about life. And contrary to what you're saying, the top comment in your link is not defending linus - hardly 'every single top comment'. The same is true of most odd-number-branch comment that I cared to look at.

Misrepresenting your sources to make your point is FAR worse than 'shut the fuck up' in my opinion.