Tattoos

So you're interested in why people get swastika tattoos and yet in the previous breath you said you had no interest in the history of the swastika?

Maybe if you took an interest in the history you'd find the answers you're looking for...

I doubt that. Let's be honest about it, this isn't a battle between knowledge and ignorance; I know as much as anyone about the pre-Nazi symbolism of the swastika, but I still wouldn't get it inked on me.

As far as I'm concerned, any genuine reclamation of a symbol has to be done from a position of understanding. And if people who had these symbols tattooed on them showed a bit more understanding, I probably wouldn't think it was stupid. But usually - and this is borne out above - the reasons seem to be more often based around a sort of 'my body my choice' coda. Which imo is not a justification, but a dodge.

This isn't to say anyone else shouldn't have the freedom to get whatever they want tattooed on themselves. But by the same token, I choose the freedom to think it's stupid, insensitive, and crass.