Once upon a time Google reflected the more open culture of an older computer industry. But that wasn't bound to last.
Google had mostly fallen into line with mandates for diversity quotas and support for left-wing causes. Along with that come the internal pressure groups. And so when an engineer wrote a common sense call to sanity, urging ideological diversity over left-wing check box diversity, the storm quickly gathered.
In some ways it was a repetition of the ugliness at Mozilla that led to the purge of a genius who had the misfortune to think differently. The usual useless diversity hires began demanding his head. It didn't matter that they did nothing useful as far as the core business went. And never would.
It was never going to stop with mere condemnations.
Google has a diversity chief now. Diversity chief Danielle Brown wrote, "We are unequivocal in our belief that diversity and inclusion are critical to our success as a company. Part of building an open, inclusive environment means fostering a culture in which those with alternative views, including different political views, feel safe sharing their opinions."
Then the engineer with different political views was fired over them.
Brown was a recent hire. But she could already speak for what was and wasn't acceptable at Google. And so, off with his head.
Death by diversity.
Meanwhile it's past time that the Trump admin took a long hard look at Google's monopolistic practices. The internet deserves technological diversity. And a diversity of search engines.