classical liberal here using “icky” as her moral guide 
I can also make myself queasy thinking about what some adults choose to do to / with their bodies.
But then I remind myself that a person’s icky is rooted in their personal culture, taste, history. It’s a deceptively unreliable basis for moral or political decisions.
But then I remind myself that a person’s icky is rooted in their personal culture, taste, history. It’s a deceptively unreliable basis for moral or political decisions.
Appeals to personal viscera for authority are the hallmark of magical thinking, essential ingredient of extreme ideology.
That said, fearhate of tattoos, like fearhate of queerness, is a brilliantly stupid place for elderly reactionaries to draw their line.
Everyone under 30 has a friend with a tattoo.
Everyone under 30 has a friend with a tattoo.
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