I thought that the golden rule was treat others as they would like to be treated, not as you would like to be treated.

That is sometimes proposed as moral rule too. But the golden rule is "do unto others as as you would have them do unto you". From the looks of it the quote you have there is one I took straight from wikipedia.

And yes, the golden rule being that way is obviously silly. If I went around doing that I would be locked up for sexual assault or harassment.