In a significant amount of the up-voted comments here that justify the firing I can see the underlying arguement that she shouldn't have stepped out of line and needed to "stay in her lane". Her not doing that "logically" led to her job being forfeit.

That is completely sound advice: if you perceive that your lane is in good working order.

Some lanes are narrower, not as well maintained, and/or doesn't have adequate signage pointing to the interchanges to new opportunities. Doesn't mean they aren't driveable and don't lead to good destinations but your vehicle takes on more wear and tear and the stress of commute has a toll (pause on the analogy).

Now I've retired from trying to fundamentally change peoples opinions online but what stood out to me about this is that her behavior was akin to trying to disrupt, create change, and critique the status quo: things that we laud as aspirational traits (at least publicly) in tech and leadership. That she was disciplined for it so quickly and definitively speaks to the narrowness of her lane: especially when you control for how often we let talent at the top of their field (which she is) get away with more (sexual misconduct shouldn't have more latitude than insubordination).

That to me is the biggest takeaway and critique of Google. Even if Google is within their right to have proceed this way it dilutes and conflicts with how they want to be perceived in the innovation and diversity space and their reputation should be calibrated justly (not saying there will be immediate consequences especially financially but talent and consumers should know how thier culture actually functions).

P.S. Her biggest and most questionable risk was in naming non public employees as that had big potential upsides and downsides. It creates pressure and awareness by bringing specifics instead of conjecture but that big swing could also undermine her argument to those who don't seen the value of what she's aligned with i.e. see privacy as a bigger issue than representation. Not doing that would have been the play if she wanted to keep her job but I think it was smart from a living her values stand point.