OK, so here's the scenario. You've fallen out of a tree and broken your arm and have a limb going through your leg. You get rushed to the hospital and the doctors and nurses all come rushing out to get you and take you back for surgery. But wait, your doctor has a tattoo. That obviously means they are an uneducated, trashy person who shouldn't be allowed to be operating on you. So, you and your family ask for a different doctor who actually has standards and no tattoos, causing you to bleed out internally because little did you know that limb hit an artery. Now, your parent must bury their child all because you are close-minded and more worried about what other people do with their time and bodies than they were their own child.

We live in a world where it is still OK for people to be close minded to others. We still have people who feel that they have the right to tell someone what is and is not socially acceptable. It is 2016 and we still have people who want to label people and shame people for what they want to put on their bodies or do in their personal time.

If you feel like someone having a tattoo makes them any less qualified to do a job, then you need to open your eyes and realize that you encounter people with tattoos every single day. Your doctors, lawyers, teachers etc. could have tattoos and you would never know. As long as someone is good at what they do and they actually do their job, then it is none of your business what they do in their personal lives.

Having a tattoo doesn't make you a bad person. Having a tattoo doesn't make you trashy. Having a tattoo doesn't make you uneducated or unqualified. Having a tattoo doesn't make you any less of a person than the person sitting next you. Having a tattoo doesn't make you a criminal.

No one should have to feel like they have to hide a part of who they are just because of what other people might think. Everyone has the right to be themselves and love themselves. Everyone should be able to express themselves without being put down and belittled by the people they love or even complete strangers.

It is time for people to wake up and realize that we live in a new age. All around us, we are surrounded by people who are fighting for equality, but yet still have the nerve to judge someone based on something as small as a tattoo. If someone having a tattoo bothers you to the point of not hiring them or not wanting them to do their job, you are what is wrong, not the tattoo. It is time for people to wake up and take their heads out of their butts.