I'm glad you can still appreciate it. I don't find that paragraph as comforting as you intend it to be though. Even as you say they are included you are making a clear distinction between them. I don't think there is such a meaningful difference. So instead of being inclusive, this paragraph comes off as pitying and saying, "We aren't kicking you out, you can stay if you want." And you're still, by terms like "fandom roots" implying that furry is not a fandom any more.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I'm glad you can still appreciate it. I don't find that paragraph as comforting as you intend it to be though. Even as you say they are included you are making a clear distinction between them. I don't think there is such a meaningful difference. So instead of being inclusive, this paragraph comes off as pitying and saying, "We aren't kicking you out, you can stay if you want." And you're still, by terms like "fandom roots" implying that furry is not a fandom any more.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~