Rhetoric about "outside agitators" is really intended to cut student protesters off from the one thing that could enable them to stand up to the authorities, which is connection with the off-campus community.
If student protesters want to have any bargaining power in their efforts to express solidarity with people in Gaza, they will need alliances with non-students, many of whom have more experience and less to lose.
Remember, students, the administrations also have off-campus allies, and they do not hesitate to deploy them against you.
