It's a very vague comment and fits all nations pretty much. It's a classic example of "disguise a compliment as a flaw" that we are so fond of. Like when the teacher says "You know, your child is very bright but lazy."
This might come as a shock, but your countrymen are no more reasonably intelligent or ignorant than the rest of the world. Everybody's countrymen are usually less intelligent and more ignorant than we like to think they are.
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