I think we agree in general; but I believe that we humans are informed by far more than Reason; and I still put Love above Reason. Love has its own critical ability.
Love, no matter how one defines it, wouldn’t ‘smack’ anybody ‘upside the head’. But I don’t believe that Reason would, either. Smacking doesn’t work very well, if you want to get somebody on your side.
(I realize that you’re ‘speaking’ figuratively ;-)
-JT
I have ten children. My smacking upside the head of the crazy-making irrational immature humans is almost always metaphorical ... gravity handles it. (Mary W. didn’t hit people much, either. She was more likely to try to kill herself.)
I wish that the Golden Rule worked. So did Mary. She was trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent. She died at 38 from an infection that could have been avoided if doctors had washed their hands.
It doesn’t help to be angry, but I am.