My first reaction to the article was "oh my gosh." My second is that I really, really hope it's exaggerated! If she really did react like that, I feel bad for her husband and kids and I hope someone in her life sees this instance as a sign of the emotional instability she appears to struggle with.
I'm not anti-tattoo. My 3 brothers and the assorted wives/ex-wives/girlfriends have both tattoos and piercings. One of my brothers is even a tattoo artist. I don't personally like tattoos and don't want to get a tattoo, but if one of my grown kids came home with one it wouldn't be the end of the world. I might tell him I thought he made a foolish decision and I hoped that it was at least something tactful, respectful, and artistic and could be covered if needed, but I wouldn't shut him out and cry to my friends over it. Sheesh.
My DH prefers women have long hair. He told me years ago that he didn't like it when I would cut my hair short b/c he took it as a sign of anger against him when I did that. I told him he needed to get over himself for taking it personally. It's my hair and if I cut it, it was because I didn't want to deal with having long, thick hair during a Texas summer.