Is this reaction sarcastic? As if to say "I'm not afraid of people who boast of crushing others"?
I want my place of work to be a safe pace and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If I want to confront somebody's tamper tantrum I'd... do exactly what I'm doing right now, really.
I did read what you wrote, I meant to reply to the commenter below. As for your point, clearly the higher ups at Google disagree.