Are you saying you would be afraid of this person for that comment? Part of being an adult is learning to deal with adversity.
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.