This is a bad precedent. Usually, after something like this the offender says he has a substance abuse problem and goes into rehab, and everyone is "happy." Now, people are going to get sent away for how they think, and opinions will become "behavioral issues" and then crimes.
John Rocker was pushed into "therapy" several years ago when he complained about not being able to hear an American voice when he walked down the street.
I agree. This really is scary. I am so afraid that we are going to lose the cultural war.