Yes, and I agree with that point, but my original comment was made in the context of an article that (in my view) was making a very different point, and I don't

Yes, and I agree with that point, but my original comment was made in the context of an article that (in my view) was making a very different point, and I don't think my comment makes sense out of that context, nor do I think the author really engaged with what I was saying. Certainly the rhetorical questions which immediately followed his quotation of my comment were totally irrelevant to anything I believe I actually said.