How do you feel about tattooed people?

An excellent example of your lack of tolerance.

 

Judging people who don't like tattoos is just as wrong. In our polite society, tattoos are common and I've never heard anybody verbally attack somebody because of their tattoos.

This is a forum and somebody started a thread "How do you feel about tattooed people?"

If you don't want to hear negative things... don't read this thread.

 

Which raises the question "Is society too polite for its own good?"

 

Max and SMW are probably better at getting to a point than I am.

The question is asked,

Q. How do you "feel" about tattoos?

and answered.

A. I personally don't like them.

Since I'm apparently near death, according to some (49 y/o), why should this opinion bother anyone?

Specific to the service, of which I am no longer affiliated...I have virtually no control over how each service branch dictates their tattoo/brand/body markings policy...I do know they place limits on the subject, extent and size of the visible ink.

Again...personally, I find visible tattoos as something that detracts from the uniform...if a tattoo doesn't show in uniform I have no issue with them and it amounts to personal taste at that point.

The original point of tattoos was to inspire a reaction...well apparently unless the reaction is the equivalent to a "group hug" no one wants to hear differing opinions.

Who are the one's being intolerant now?

I didn't start a thread openly bashing the inked, I'm replying to an established thread. As the thread is nearing it's 50 page limit anyway, this will be my final comment on the topic, but I real read in earnest any other opinions.

Good evening.

 

it's not the dislike of the tattoo it's the judgement of the person who has it, IQ 30 points lower, criminal, low lifes, comments like those go well past disliking the tattoo, that's attacking the person who has them...do you see the difference?

Ill judge a person by the content of their tattoo, racist/hate/gang because they're telling me what they are...

 

Im with you, tattoo's themself are fine, its the content. I love ink, I like the way it looks on older people myself. Its can almost be a road map of their lifetime experience. I personally have VERY little ink, but thats because im super picky. I know one day in the no too distant future, i will be near covered.

 

So what? We can't expect to be loved by everybody now, can we?

IMO, tattoos are often a permanent solution to a temporary whim. Very few people are into the same things at 40 they were into at 20. Unless they've got a 20 yr old tattoo of Michael Jackson's glove on their bicep.

 

That's a personal choice of which I would not deny people to choose. The gist of the conversation here is that I don't have to approve of your life choices including not hiring people who have visible tattoos.

Likewise, since I've chosen to not adorn my body with ink blots, people can, and have here, judge me for that choice. The main oddity I find is that it won't be long before the non-inked people will be the rebels and the non-conformists.

 

They are your words I am reading, so how much research do I need to do?

 

Well you've clearly put yourself in the intolerant category, who else do you hate? Gays, coloured people, ethnics...if you have such clear admitted prejudices with simple ink those other people must have you seething with hate...

 

Spoken by someone who must have a Betty Boop tattoo.

Never fear... your secret is safe with me.

 

I saw nothing in Smartmouthwoman's post that indicate either intolerance or hatred, but your pattern of playing the "hate card" every time someone voices disagreements about tattoos indicates you are very intolerant and hateful yourself.

 

Once again no attempt at denial only lame attempts at humor to deflect ...it's certianly no secret what you are now and you didnt even need a tattoo to show us...

 

I understand the discussion over this is whether or not businesses should be required to hire people with tattoos. I'm going to say whether companies should or shouldn't hire people with tattoos, but I think an employer has a right to decide whether or not tattooed employees project the professional image that they want. I personally would have no problem hiring with tattoos or piercings as long as they didn't have any swear words, swastikas, facial tattoos, or that sort of thing. I'd say this discussion isn't comparable to any previous civil rights debate, because these people weren't born with tattoos and there are virtually no instances where they were forced to get any kind of tattoo or piercing.

 

I know a couple of africans who underwent facial and body scarification and tattooing at puberty as part of their cultural upbringing, they had no choice...do those descriminatory hiring practices apply to them as well?...

 

People should be able to hire whomever they want. These people will be representing the business and the boss sets the standards. Their parents hampered their "hirability" in America by tattooing their kids in Africa.

A coworker of mine has a kid who was coerced into getting tattoos in prison. Should he not be able to be hired as a lifeguard, even though he has a giant swastika on his chest?

 

no that doesn't wash, refusing to hire these africans because of their culture is clearly racism...

 

Deflect? From what... the seriousness of decorating ones body with misspelled words?

None? Are you sure?

 

How is it racism? I don't care what color they are. An employer shouldn't be forced to promote African culture.

 

People like you are going to get us all killed by ISIS.

We already are.

 

wow, its not a difficult concept to grasp.... if you reject someone because of their ethnicity that's racism, it's got bugger all to do promoting anyone's culture...

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seriously, you have no clue...

 

I'm not talking about rejecting their ethnicity. I'm talking about rejecting people who I feel would not represent my business interests well. You friend should blame his parents for making their lives much harder in America. It's not my responsibility to cover for his parents poor decisions.

 

You should become an official spokesperson for tattoos. You seem so desperate to defend the practice. Do you have the same passion for circumcision?

 

It seems that way. As this thread demonstrates, there is a lot of pressure have a tattoo.

 

Seriously, why do you feel that insulting others is a legitimate rebuttal of their point of view?