I didn't say google banned templates, you quoted me yourself, and the quote states exactly what you're saying, that template metaprogramming is recommended to be avoided.
Go isn't against generics, they are open to discussion about adding them if right approach to implement them without adding much of extra complexity would be found. Generics do add complexity, it is bearable in most cases, especially given the benefits, but it still exists.
Authors don't want to end up with something that C++ has, where you have to manually limit yourself in order for your code to not be too complex and unmaintainable, at the same moment, adding templates just to have them won't add any immediate benefit of large magnitude.
Well, your response was to grasleya and he wrote: "Why is it that relatively simple and ubiquitous language features like [...] generics are [...] an unacceptable amount of complexity?"
[...] Are there any Java, C++, etc. developers arguing for the removal of these features [...]?"
And your reply was: "Yes, google c++ style guide recommends to avoid [...] template metaprogramming,"
... and therefore, that makes it look like you're conflating "generics" with "template metaprogramming".
If your intention was to respond with a random tidbit unrelated to the proposed generics for Go, it means you're just introducing a non-sequitur and confusing readers trying to reasonably follow the context of the thread. The op (grasleya) wasn't talking about "template metaprogramming" to compare to "generics" in Go.
Go isn't against generics, they are open to discussion about adding them if right approach to implement them without adding much of extra complexity would be found. Generics do add complexity, it is bearable in most cases, especially given the benefits, but it still exists.
Authors don't want to end up with something that C++ has, where you have to manually limit yourself in order for your code to not be too complex and unmaintainable, at the same moment, adding templates just to have them won't add any immediate benefit of large magnitude.