Luffy was 100% right not to go chasing after Ace at the time Zoro was talking about.
At that point the crew had no idea that Ace had fought Blackbeard, that he’d been handed to the Marines or that he’d been sentenced to death. All they knew was that Ace’s Vivre Card was fucked up, which meant that somewhere in the world something had happened to Ace that put his life in danger.
It was after, in Amazon Lily when Luffy had actual information, that he decided to go after Ace.
So yeah, I do see the similarities in the two situations.