It's essential to look not just at the text of such laws, but also the environment they are creating. Policy implementation varies by environment, and in contexts where policymakers and key stakeholders are determined to use these laws to censorious ends, they will succeed.
https://twitter.com/janecoaston/status/1493590741020393473
New laws are also changing the environment, By putting in statute the complaints of extremist groups they legitimize and set up a permission structure of intimidation. reuters.com/investigates/s…
Thus, part of the environment becomes how much do school officials want to risk publicly pushing back against extremists seeking to get them fired, or who will protest at their home, or threaten their family. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/making-publi…
https://twitter.com/gabriellaborter/status/1493579527032754177?s=20&t=Mvi5cxQOSDGdOuCFjhR8oA
Even within the same state, operating under the same laws, public officials can face quite different policy environments. Again, it is a mistake to treat the text of those laws as distinct from how extreme that environment is becoming in some places. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-lessons-… 
A lot of Americans live in an information bubble where they are told that school officials are evil and abusing their kids. We should not be surprised when they act in extreme ways by threatening violence toward those officials. reuters.com/investigates/s…
This environment of fear is not organic, but a function of a President, his party followers, and his supportive media deciding to characterize teachers and other school officials as monsters who are attacking children.
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