What, then, is Tagalog? Is it not a "specific Philippine language"? Andrew Gonzalez, by saying that The First Republic had a "Nationalism Without a National Linguistic Symbol" wittingly, or unwittingly, wants to justify the neocolonial imposition of English upon the unwary Filipino people and at their monetary expense at that. In this matter about language, it looks like he is with the American Protestants and Masons of the SIL and is virtually against the mostly Catholic Filipino people and their socio-economic as well as national language interests.
Bagamat alam ng Emperador ng Japon na ang Catolicismo Cristiano ay dinadala ng mga Misionero at Fraile mula sa Filipinas, binantaan nito ang pakikipagdigma sa mga Español at Filipino na mga Católico. Pero, ang pagbantang iyon di natupad dahil namamatay palagui ang mga Emperador na Japon, tulad ni Hideyoshi, bago nila mapaghandaan ang pagsalakay sa Filipinas.