It's just as toxic as people seeing *ism everywhere. They create an atmosphere of suspicion that is not conducive to free thinking. Unfortunately in big groups

It's just as toxic as people seeing *ism everywhere. They create an atmosphere of suspicion that is not conducive to free thinking. Unfortunately in big groups you will have both of those types and HR is not good at managing finer-grained inter-personal issues. Without all of the context it's hard to judge group dynamics.