Insight:
Both sides are NOT valid. On one side, we have a private person, the Senator’s grandmother, who let her grandson know in private that she had been afraid of a young black person. This is not an unusual fear; in fact, the Rev. Jessie Jackson has reportedly said the same thing. On the other side, you have the Senator’s pastor, who let the entire world know (proudly) of his hatred of white people (millions and millions of them).
The Senator’s error was in thinking that most people would agree with his comparisons. He is a very intelligent man and has great rhetorical skills. I am sure he is well aware that no matter how well the argument is made, the conclusion cannot be true if any one of the premises is false. Nonetheless, he has tried to foist his faulty argument on the public. Either he thinks most people are stupid or he is not as smart as he seem to be.
All in all a very great disappointment and a tragic missed opportunity.
