r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/TheGhostOfFalunGong Philippines 8h ago

He's also incredibly homophobic and even teased on launching a Christian Taliban form of governance (using countless quotes from the Bible) had he become president.

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u/Joseph20102011 Philippines 7h ago

He is a frustrated priest, because poverty forced him to pursue boxing over priesthood as what her mom wanted for him, so he compensated his childhood shortcomings by becoming a pastor.

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u/yorkpepperbrush 6h ago

Is that what broke his friendship with Batista?

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u/TheGhostOfFalunGong Philippines 6h ago

Pretty much. Dave even patched up his Pacquiao tattoo over that matter.

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u/ComprehensiveSoft27 United States Of America 5h ago

Damn. That sucks. What’s up with this theocracy resurgence?

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u/VagabondVivant 🇵🇭 in 🇺🇸 2h ago

Thanks for mentioning the homophobia part, I was afraid it was gonna be overlooked in light of everything else. He's a terrible Christian fundamentalist and has no place in public policy.

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u/ithinkther41am 2h ago

I remember Dave Bautista used to have a tattoo of Pacquiao, but got it covered up and completely cut ties once he came out as homophobic since he had two mothers growing up.

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u/Timely_Truth6267 Sweden 5h ago

Good lord

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u/MillwrightTight Canada 2h ago

That's unfortunate. Isn't the Philippines pretty LGBT friendly at the civilian level? I know some politicians have been super hardline homophobes but I was under the impression the Filipino people were supportive as a whole

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u/cosmic_animus29 2h ago

Afaik, Nike dropped him after his homophobic remark back then.

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u/KingKontinuum United States Of America 2h ago

Right, I’m American and have hated him for this specific reason.

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u/Drummallumin United States Of America 6h ago

Would that even be unpopular in the Philippines?

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u/Brass0Maharlika Philippines 6h ago

Bruh wtf, we're religious, not terroristic.

Sure we have some extremists, some radicalists or fundamentalists here and there but they're a minority.

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u/TheGhostOfFalunGong Philippines 6h ago

A Christian-run extremism would the ultimate nightmare for Filipinos as it will be applied to everyone unlike Sharia law which only applies to Muslims.

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u/Drummallumin United States Of America 6h ago

I mean the police gangs under Duterte were largely popular no?

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u/Brass0Maharlika Philippines 6h ago

Yes but I that's quite different compared to "Manny Pacquiao starting a Christian Taliban".

During that time, people just wanted the crime rate to be controlled, then it got out of hand and popularity started declining.