Tattoos. Piercings, Preferences and Bigotry
georgmicrodong
Just a fat, creepy old pervert.
Sunday, March 18, 2012 9:51 AM
In the <a href="[view link] the Hottie #5</a> thread, I made a comment equating some of the comments against tattoos to bigotry. Rather than hijack Jackson's thread (even though he so graciously denied that it was, in fact, a hijack), I want to clarify here, rather than there.
For the record, I was not addressing the simple preference for no tattoos (or piercings) on a girl's body, nor the "mark down" in rating that some apply when they see them. After all, <b><i>I</i></b> have a preference <b><i>for</i></b> those things, and I tend to "mark up" girls who have them, even if it's not as automatic or reflexive as some of the opposite attitude I've seen here. I do find it somewhat amusing that this one thing can have such a dramatic effect on one's perception of beauty, but, to be fair, I'm also amused that some other single attributes, e.g. hair color or breast size, can be make or break attributes for some as well.
No, I'm talking about the notion that tattoos and piercings automatically imply some "bad life choice" on the part of the person so decorated. A notion that has been reached without knowing anything at all about the person except that they have a tattoo or piercing. <b><i>That</i></b> notion is prejudice, bordering on bigotry.
As I said before, I'm not looking to change anyone's mind, and in fact, I absolutely support and defend the right of anyone to have any opinion they like, good or bad, for whatever reason they have, good or bad. That doesn't mean I support, condone or agree with any such opinion, though; when I see what I believe is a silly prejudice, I'll identify it as such.
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