Florida tattoo shop refuses service to military and veterans for being war criminals

A Florida tattoo shop is facing backlash following a social media post from the shop that said active-duty military members and veterans are not welcome at the company, prompting online criticism.A June 23 post from Revival Tattoo Collective in Largo, Florida, read, “People all in their feelings because I expressed my opinion of the military and law enforcement.My opinion is that the military is a bunch of war criminals and law enforcement kills babies and unarmed citizens in the street.

If you don’t like my opinion cool, but you’re not going to change it.Call me short, post records from 20 years ago, threaten the health dept, use homophobic slurs.

That only proves my point and shows the true character of our military.Thanks for showing your true colors.”The post added, “Once again for the slow ones the military.

Pretty simple if you are ex military or currently serving just don’t come to the shop.You will be turned away.”The shop was founded by Brady Martinson, who is described on the website as “a tattooist and sign painter — script, blackletter, and custom typography on skin.

He treats every word as architecture: measured, weighted, and built to live a lifetime.”A few of the replies to the controversial post appeared to agree with the sentiment, with one woman saying, “The military preys on underprivileged youth by luring them in with promises to pay for college and makes it sound like it’s their only opportunity to get ahead in life.ACAB.”ACAB is an abbreviation for “all cops are b—-ds.”  Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.But many of the replies were negative.One person wrote, “This kind of thinking is disappointing and immature.

Judging an entire group by the actions of a few is the same type of prejudice I’m s...