Sadly, there's a growing trend here in America of people on the right associating tattoos with being "woke". You couldn't make this up. This is especially true of women with tattoos. Anything that can be polarized pretty much is these days.
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You really can't make this stuff up! Now that I think about it, I have noticed a trend for hipster/left-leaning types here to be more tattoo-y as well. I guess it makes sense, though I wonder how much of it is polarization of tattoos themselves as it's the need to belong to a side. As someone forced to lean more Conservative now myself, I do see a tendency to say "well, this is my side because we all need a side, and these are our colors (i.e. rejection of things like tattoos, piercings, crazy hair, all things more punk-y, alternative, or "woke"), so Imma wear them even if it grates".
Not gonna put me off tattoos, for sure, but I can see where that might come from...
I'm glad there are still some independent-minded people out there who don't fall for this particular brand of "all or nothing" tribalism. I can identify with opinions on both sides, although I find myself leaning more towards the conservative side than I ever have before.