My comments were more caustic and severe and insulting than they sounded in my head, especially since to a stranger. I took "dons asbestos suit" to mean you were open to strong disagreement, but my reaction lacked civility and context.

You expand upon the one-liner into a longer philosophical argument for the positive side.

I've had the opposite experience - aphorisms about feelings or faith used to excuse inexcusable behavior, political or personal. The violence I've encountered has been justified with feelings.

As others point out, logic can help direct feeling. For example, this post had a strong negative connotations for me and my tone got nasty. Had I applied some logic, I would have used explanations instead of insults.