Because in America, that statement is so heretical and antithetical to what the average American thinks America is, that most people probably wouldn't even be mad at you for saying it: They'd think you were legitimately unwell/insane.
It's on the same level as saying "I hate liberals and am not conservative".
Just talk about specific things: small business owners act like you’re family but test you just as poorly as any other employer, they use their position in society to enforce weird morality that’s none of their business, they all have a messiah complex, etc. etc.