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Words like that will hurt the typical Filipino emotionally more than telling them the truth about the wage theft of corrupt politicians through taxation and corruption and embezzlement.
They will reveal what the Filipino fears the most: that their country is not the greatest country on Earth as they were raised to believe and think, that their government and entertainment media is at a disadvantage. They reify the insecurity that lies inside the Filipino. The insecurity the Filipino will never admit: that, for every scream of "Filipino pride" they yell, under their breath they whisper their insecurity.
If Filipinos are so confident and proud, even when the politicians they elected into power steal their money, then why does their confidence shatter like glass when someone leaves Filipino culture?
What they say next would probably be rooted in crab mentality: things like "act your race!" or "You're obligated to love Filipino culture simply because you were born in it." or "Coconut". Some are driven by envy that these people have no filter; they envy the confidence these people have.
Many Filipinos want to "feel right" rather than "be right", which is why many of them will never say they regret bad decisions because, for them, "humbled" and "humiliated" are synonyms.
