Shapiro and others are describing the true collegians involved as LARPing (live-action role-playing). Bored of their mundane and meaningless lives, always looking for something new and exciting. “Hey, let’s dress up as protesters today.” Completely explains the magnitude of obtuseness we see.
I bet it’s a certain percentage of exactly what you said there and they make an easy tool for the likes of Satan and his money roll.
Useful Idiots.