Double standards not indeed. I respect both cultures, unless of course they are bigoted or racist. The difference here is in America you can wear tattoos, a headscarf, or even not take your shoes off when you enter a home, or take them off, we are cool with both - which was my point.
> Wearing your tattoo proudly in Japan is perfectly fine. Just be prepared to be asked to leave an establishment that doesn't tolerate them. It's closer to "No shirt, No shoes, No service" policies in the West if anything.
Being gay is perfectly fine. Just be prepared to be asked to leave an establishment that doesn't tolerate you.
It's the exact same nonsense. What if the person used to be in a gang and changed their life around but can't afford to remove the tattoos? What if the tattoos symbolize something important in their life? What if they were taken as a sex slave and branded, but refused to be ashamed and cover up their tattoo?
No matter how you try and spin it, it's bs. Japan (and anybody else for that matter) needs to respect people and other cultures like we do in the West.