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I don't even know where to begin on this one...
See this example of terrible, biased writing here.
Deep breaths. I thought about emailing this asshat, but I’m not sure what that would accomplish. Am I going to enlighten him? Most definitely not. Does that mean I shouldn’t try? I don’t know yet.
I feel like I could take this article line by line, and write a paragraph for each line detailing how this man is so very wrong.
But I won’t waste that much time on it. Instead of taking this personally (as a modified, MMA practitioner), I am going to provide a single example of what this man is afraid of. One man who exemplifies everything this man assumes is wrong with culture. Yes Mr. Carpenter, this man is your worst nightmare.
This is Jeff Monson.
I’ve posted about him before (here and here). He is tattoo’d up and he is a “sub-human” MMA fighter. He’s big, aggressive, and represents this lack of culture or return-to-caveman-days-apocalypse you are so frightened of.
But here’s a revelation. This man is not only stronger, faster, and physically better than you in every way but he’s also… wait for it… smarter than you.
That’s right, The Snowman has a Master’s in Psychology and spent time crisis counselling before going pro.
And he’s not alone. Rich Franklin - Masters in Education. He used to teach high school, let’s hope he’s not sub-human.
Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, Matt Lindland - All former olympians.
Crocop is a senator in Croatia.
Etc, etc. I could literally do this all day. But what I’m getting at is this: If you took the time to learn anything about the complexity of the art of tattoo or the sport of MMA or any of either disciplines participants, you would not hold the opinion you do.
You can disagree with tattoo or MMA. That is fine, but “sub-human” is a line one should never cross.
Also the article is riddled with logical fallacy: Equating people with tattoos to pimp, prostitutes and gang members. Seriously?
And finally, the main argument of the article is that the popularity of tattoos shows how our mordern culture is devolving. LOL.
Best technology EVER
Scientific breakthroughs DAILY
Racism on the decline
Sexism on the decline
Crime rate below where it was in the 50’s (AKA our streets are safer than Beaver Cleavers)
I really fail to see where society is losing it’s way.
You know what, I might email him after all…