Whether or not you side with the student protesters making waves at Columbia University and other college campuses over the war in Gaza, we can probably all agree that irresponsible and fiery language isn’t helping anyone.

Surely, we should be able to call for a ceasefire without being labeled antisemitic.

Likewise, people should be able to protest peacefully without being tagged as “outside agitators.”

There is little doubt that pro-Palestinian protesters who led demonstrations at Columbia, City College and NYU last week were influenced by people with no ties to the schools.

But calling them “outside agitators” is using loaded and painful language, and Mayor Adams has acknowledged he is well aware of that.

“We can’t have outside agitators come in and be destructive to our city,” Adams said.

In the history of American protest, no one was........

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