How can I learn the Filipino Language online ?

i just wanna know the basic words .. and maybe the insult .

A White Foreigner Trying to Speak Tagalog is an Insult to (Educated) Filipinos?

I have encountered two Filipino people who have told me that to them it is an unsult to hear a White Foreigner trying to speak Tagalog to them. To me this sounds ridiculous because Filipino people speak so many languages abroad- they quickly learn Spanish and Arabic and German and French and speak those well and no one thinks that way about them.
Frankly, I have never heard anything more preposterous in my life.
Why are they saying that and is it an insult to you, too?