To be used against Tea Partiers next.
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.
Why do you think the Obama administration just released a report on alleged domestic right wing terrorist groups?
According to the state, a person can be entered into the CALGANG database if he or she meets any two criteria from a list that includes: admitting to being a gang member: being arrested alongside known gang members; being IDd as a gang member by a reliable source; being seen affiliating with documented gang members; displaying hand gestures affiliated with a gang; frequenting gang areas; wearing gang dress; or having gang tattoos.
Consider the implications if a similar list were made for other politically unpopular groups, say, abortion opponents.
Yep. Count on it.
Actually, that is exactly why the entire concept of 'guilt by association' is such a horrible concept.