An irrational statement would be to—describing his irrational feelings—"I like popcorn! Muslims scare me on planes!"
Instead, he rationally described a partially irrational fear. It is only partially irrational. It would be irrational to fear his own kids, or mother, for example (unless he knows they have been involved in terrorism). Muslims on planes, however, are more likely to be terrorists than, say, Quakers.
What % of intentional airline disasters in the last 30 years have involved muslims? I rather imagine they are grossly over-represented.
Anyway, he was not irrationally discussing his feeling, he was in fact rationally dissecting them.
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