Princhester,
Here are some quotes that I think can be interpreted as somewhat hostile.
“. . .OK - I may be a little bit biased - I can’t even look at the girl behind the coffee bar because she has so many piercings on her face - it makes me shudder to look at her face on - I have to avert my gaze. Tattoos are only slightly less off-putting for me”
Tattoos are so revolting as to make this person avert his gaze.*
“…Man, some folks get so defensive about their poorly thought out decisions.”
Utterly condescending and presumptuous.
“…Not mid reading, just an opinion based on the sort of irrational defenses offered by the people who got them. The fact remains, a person at 18 has no idea what their opinions will be at 81, and it is just plain presumptuous to think they would be able to. I’m just looking at this from the perspective of one more than half-way there at 51, and I know just how different I am at this age than I was at 18.”
More condescending tripe.
". . .I always figure those with tats dislike the look of their bare skin. I like mine. Perhaps when I get old enough to dislike the way I look I’ll get some. I don’t mind what anyone does with their skin but I can’t help thinking it’s a shame to see an otherwise shapely and would have been good looking woman covered in them. It seems a defacement to me. Bare skin is so beautiful until you age.
But that’s just me. Cut your nose off to spite your face if it makes you happy. It’s your nose. Show those close minded nose wearers."
Vaguely creepy and not so vaguely smug.
Those are just from the first page. If I had the time and the desire, I could indeed give plenty examples of the shit the anti tattoo crowd says. But I suspect you already know that. Not sure why this has turned into a war of semantics. You don’t like the term “hateful” or the hyperbole of " people losing their minds over" (or whatever the phrase was) then how about we just refer to it as people putting way more energy than is warranted into expressing negative opinions about something that doesn’t concern them, nor do they appear to understand.