They took it personally because Go led the community and those project leaders on for years that it would be looking, learning, and communicating... And then d

They took it personally because Go led the community and those project leaders on for years that it would be looking, learning, and communicating... And then dropped the module spec and implementation and mandated it all in about two days. With no warning or feedback rounds or really any listening at all, just "here it is, we're done", out of nowhere. They have every right to be personally insulted by that.