Irritation

I am so sick and tired of people bad-mouthing and judging others by their choice of "expression". What one chooses to wear or do is their own business and no one else's. Tattoos and piercings being one of the main things I am referring to. Just because a person has 5 or 50 tattoos or piercings, it does not mean they are a bad person. Everyone is entitled to do as they please and if I want to be covered head to toe in tattoos, so be it. I don't like a lot of things people wear, but that doesn't mean I have the right to criticize them for it. It's extremely annoying. How can you "tell" that someone acts or is a certain way when you don't know them and don't even bother taking the time to know them.
I don't understand how an employer will hire/not hire someone based on their physical appearance. How is someone's look (unless they are obviously not clean) a determining factor in jobs? If someone has dreadlocks, purple hair, piercings or tattoos, they are not necessarily going to slack off or constantly call in. In fact, most of the "freaks" I know are more reliable than some "normal" people. My choice of expression should NOT be a determining factor on whether I get a job. My tattoos/piercings do not inhibit any type of work I could possibly do. My career path should not be limited to *A* and *B*. I should have everything open to me based on skill and knowledge. If I go to school to be a Doctor, then I should be able to work as one as long as I am able to do the job well. If I cannot handle the work, then by all  means, I should not have the job. Someone who is perfectly able to work and applies for a job they can do, why should they not be hired?
Say you own a very nice restaurant. You need a bartender and have a lot of applications. Out of that stack you find 2 people with better resumes or experience than the rest. One of the applicants has great references but little experience in the restaurant setting. While the other has several years in a restaurant setting, excellent references, schooling, etc. You call both in for an interview and the person with the outstanding resume has tattoos on their arms and a few piercings in their face (use your imagination). While the not as good applicant is "normal". Which would you hire? Would you not hire the person with the awesome experience based on the fact they have tattoos/piercings and hire the person with limited experience just because they look "better"? If you wouldn't hire the good applicant, you are one of the many hypocritical people I cannot stand. Yes, I say hypocritical because, while you think tattoos are "abnormal" or "freakish", others may think the same of your chosen lifestyle. Your opinion of someone else is not the rule the rest of us have to abide by.
I don't particularly like when women, 20 yrs and up, wear pigtails. They think they look cute or whatever, but to me it seems childish and looks tacky. But I would not base my opinion of them off of that alone. Just because I don't like something doesn't mean that someone else can't do it.
We live in a country full of people of different sizes, shapes, colors, religions, genders, etc. Why should we all have to look the same? Each one of us should be accepted for who we are, not what we wear or choose to "decorate" our bodies with.