It is clearly intentional, but the goal is still to get them to break ranks intellectually toward changing the intent.
It's the exercise that men think they are better equipped to deal with humanity's problems. In other words, they are discoples of Satan himself who also held that belief.
The elists do not believe thy need your teaching, because they are convinced that they have all the answersd already..
“the goal is still to get them to break ranks intellectually”
This goal has a limited reach. That’s because so many have adopted that goal with a paradigm shifted moral view that they hold to in a religious manner. Arguing against opposing religious views has always been the hardest nut to crack intellectually. All contradicting facts tend to be rationalized away. “You have your facts, I have mine” is now too common.
Speaking of intentions — that one is, IMO, the major problematic product of public school indoctrination, especially in higher ed: that facts are to be treated subjectively per one’s feelings.
It’s a problem that we on the right may have solved for us as the Left feels the losses of their influence weakening and so are unleashing their violent element.