Their actions achieved nothing of consequence. I don't see how that makes them "heroes", even from the point of view of someone that supports their views.
They drew attention to their cause, you're talking about them. You're talking about their cause.
>> even from the point of view of someone that supports their views
What views of theirs do you support, exactly?
They may find sympathy at some businesses, but the larger the company, likely the less of that.
You almost got it. We are talking about them… but not about their cause.
And therein lies the gold: they found a cause that they can use to scream look at me me me.
I suspect this is the same for everyone, even those who may be discussing Google's response.
So they may have wanted a "me me me" response, or they may have legitimately wanted to raise awareness, but it's a pretty large fail for a now strongly narrowed career path.
They accomplished me never responding to Google recruiter emails and informing others in my network to avoid Google where they can be fired for happening upon a protest at work.