@JammyDevil
I'd be devastated too. Particularly because it is so big and prominent. Having a tattoo does send a message. You may want the message to be 'I love tattoos' or 'I'm edgy and here's how I express it' or any other number of things. If you have them then you have to accept that other people will have their own, ingrained, perception of people who have tattoos. You are completely unable to decide what that perception will be and none of them are wrong because a perception belongs to the beholder. Traditionally they are something which belonged to the working class, you didn't get 'gentry' or 'naice' people with tattoos so for a lot of people that perception of them being a bit common is still deeply ingrained.
I have friends who have them and friends who would never in a million years have them. I agree with whoever said, I don't know why but I like them less on women, somehow (and without being able to justify why I feel this) I feel it looks a bit trashy. That's just my opinion and it wouldn't stop me from being friends with someone or hiring them as an employee (it would for some employers though I suspect).
So OP, despite the hard time you are getting on here, I understand what you're saying and why you are so upset. It's funny how people aren't allowed to express a dislike of something without being absolute arseholes but the tattoo lovers are allowed to call names and rubbish people with different views to theirs. Pot, kettle etc.
Personally, I'd be pleased that having a tattoo means I likely won't waste time getting to know people who would judge a person based on how they look.
I haven't seen anyone yet get annoyed with someone for saying they just personally dislike tattoos. The anger is directed towards people saying things like they're trashy, common, dirty etc - these words are generally derogotary ways of referring to poorer people, i.e. judging others based on their inferior class.
That kind of judgemental attitude would be devastating to me in a child, far more than any superficial thing they could do to their body🤷🏻♀️
Also want to add that I think it is somewhat human nature to look down on others for being different in some way or other, whether that's because they have different likes/interests, different values/morals, different jobs etc. but that we are capable of empathy and compassion, and so to act on those initial feelings (e.g. disgust towards a tattoo, say by refusing someone a job or telling them you think they've ruined their skin) is just an ugly thing to do. This part wasn't aimed at anyone specifically, just a thought.
And on the careers front, as someone who values a respectful, diverse, ethical employer, any company that automatically ruled people out based on the way they look would be one I wouldn't want to work for anyway. Similarly one that believes conformity is more important than your passion for the work. I suspect most people with tattoos are happy to avoid employers who judge aesthetics as being more important than attitude.