“How does a civil society survive if one side can use feelings and opinions and the other doesn’t?”
Each side considers the other side to be using their feelings and coming to the wrong conclusion.
Your comment: “Each side considers the other side to be using their feelings and coming to the wrong conclusion.”
It is still wrong for a judge to use feelings and opinions instead of the law.
So, a civil society will survive how long based on feelings and opinions that are not truthful?