The people did not kicked about it when it was newly introduced, you may say that only few people have the idea and understanding of what bitcoin is then, those informations we heard were orchestrated against El-Savador and bitcoin adoption in general which the president refused to acknowledge, you can see more on that starting from the threats coming from the IMF then.
If you think the super powers will give up their monopoly of global financial system so easily, the joke is on you. They will use every means to discourage people from embracing anything that opposes their power and control. IMF, the media and other institutions they use will be fully deployed to spread fear and misinformation just to achieve their aim. Well, the world is getting wiser per day thanks to the internet.
The question now is upon every attack that the government has made, other institutions and also the general public concerning bitcoin, what have these got to do with the globalization of bitcoin acceptability, everyone trying to start bitcoin ended up stopping theirselves because bitcoin cannot be intimidated by any political power or people, this is why El-Savador keep standing strong because they are independently on their own