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Fascism is often described as "creeping", like incremental encroachment. This kind doesn't march in with tanks. It slides in by chilling opposition with a quiet plan to start the First They Came For poem. Attention furry travelers and convention nonprofits: 🧵1/12 www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Let's look at the second part, where US nonprofits can worry that the definition of "terrorism" is broad and vague enough to threaten all kinds of misuse by Republican government.

This can affect nonprofits and associates on the left: HR 9495 is a Republican bill to give power to the US Treasury under Trump to remove nonprofit status from orgs they want to. It passed in Congress last year, but never came up for Senate vote. Now it's revived. www.dcnewsnow.com/news/politic...

This threat to nonprofits goes with a broad push to encroach on LGBTQ+ people's wellness and rights, and chill awareness and criticism. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

That's well covered stuff, with furries named as targets by hostile politicians in Florida and Oklahoma, the governor of Texas, and even a press release from the White House.

Consider 3 examples of how a chilling effect could apply to nonprofits that furries rely on.

1. A broad, vague definition of "terrorism" can threaten association with protest or critical speech. How about action to limit far-right nuisances that already beset furry events? Lazy, anti-intellectual claims that "Antifa are the real terrorists" could get more teeth as gov policy.