Your (and presumably, the google employee that got fired) response?
"Nah, I am right, so fuck your rules"
It doesn't work that way.
Correct. It's worse: they are irrelevant. It buried the lede of unsubstantiated and toxic conclusions under some marginally related statistics and science. As a whole it wasn't a scientifically sound argument by any metric.
> The people creating a toxic work environment are those[..]
The people determining whether a working environment is toxic for them is the majority of people working in that environment. Whether you feel it shouldn't be considered toxic is a different matter.
> Firing someone for political beliefs is not grounds for termination, and never has been.
Anti-social behaviour, whether based on religion, political beliefs, or plainly being a jerk, is always a good reason for termination in larger companies. It's what keeps a work force together.
P.S. "subpar people"? Maybe you meant to say "Untermenschen"?
How can a conclusion be "toxic"? A conclusion is either consistent or inconsistent with the evidence at hand.
They aren't false.
> create a toxic work environment for one third of your coworkers
The people creating a toxic work environment are those who are attempting to blackball capable, veteran engineers in order to bring incapable and subpar people into the workplace simply because they were born a different gender or skin color.
> and 100% grounds for termination.
Firing someone for political beliefs is not grounds for termination, and never has been.