A few years a ago there was a case similar to this on another site. It's similar amateur format with predominately "str8" models. I happened to be a member at the time and was active in their forum. Anyway, the model had a large tat on his back, if remember correctly it said "white power" or something similar. No one had noticed it before because of cam angles or he was often on his back lol so it didn't show. It was very quick and I had to pause it to even read what it said because it looked like a big blur from the distance. There was a similar discussion there, although not nearly as heated as this one. I think my subscription ran out about that time so I'm not sure what happened with that. It wasn't clear either why he had that tattoo. His personality didn't seem like the typical aryan neo-nazi. It was disappointing because he was actually a really good model, both in looks and his personality was quite engaging and entertaining. There was a lot of speculation about it, but I don't recall if anything was resolved. I really don't remember the details. If anyone else does it would be interesting to know. I've seen him at least a couple of times on other sites. One was on a (supposedly) user admitted footage site.
Anyway, this isn't the first case and I'm sure not the last. The difference between that one and Axl is that there was no room for doubt what the other tattoo meant. With Axl, and I'm sure plenty disagree with me on this and that's okay, the only one of his tats that is exclusively a racist symbol is the 14 and 88. And in most every reference to that symbol I can find it is almost always in the form of 14/88. That says to me that he, the artist or whoever suggested that tat possibly didn't know how it's supposed to be done. They might have just been wannabe racists or maybe mistaken about the meaning.
The rest of them are not exclusively neo-nazi symbols. Even the anti-defamation league says you can't assume those are because many groups use them. I myself am of scandinavian-scotch-irish-welsh background. And I'm very much into the art and mythology of the region. If I were to get inked I'd use celtic, norse, runic symbols, but I'm not racist by any means. And sure as hell not part of any neo-nazi aryan thing. I'm about as far from that as you can get. I'm already called a bleeding heart pinko commie marxist. So for me nordic/celtic symbols have nothing to do with racism.
Aryan/Nazi's normally have some distinct markers like:
1. 3rd reich symbols, swastika the most common, iron cross, iron eagle, SS
2. Logo of group the person is affiliated with - AB, HH, Cristian Identity, they all have a specific logo tat which he doesn't have
3. Often use text that's quite clear -as to meaning - like White Power, etc.
4. They seem to be fond of art styles popular in Europe in the 20's and 30's esp. the geometric poster art and constructivism and very thick lines. Pictures of war imagery, skulls, german soldiers
5. Gothic script is usually also present
These things are absent in Axl's tats, which doesn't prove anything either, but it makes me question the accusations that he's some kind of hardcore member of a hate group. It seems to me more like the ink that a teenager might get when attempting to emulate the look. A lot of kids copy different looks without being deeply grounded in the ideology. Look at all the neo-hippies who pay a lot of money at the mall using parents credit cards so they can look like hippies. I doubt many of them know who Abbie Hoffman, Ken Kesey, Jerry Rubin, or even Timothy Leary were or that they're forming communes and consciousness-raising sit-ins.
Don't mean to beat this horse to a death. It just has me thinking. I mean he could be a total racist. I just would like to have something more like a quote, or picture of him at a rally or something before branding a teenager with such a label. People are talking about banning him, firing him etc. All based on assumptions of stereotypes of his appearance. Has anyone heard him say anything that could be construed as racist? If he does I'm totally in agreement, but people are so quick to condemn others anymore. Few things are that black and white. But I agree with the sentiment. It's just that choose your battles wisely thing. Like someone said earlier - people see what they expect to see and enough people repeating something becomes reality whether it's true or not. There's so much of that in politics right now that's it's made me not trust belief or opinions much. I'd rather have hard facts.