I understood that, nevertheless I used his snarky remark as a context in which to disclaim one possible misinterpretation of my original comment.
;) I suspected that, nevertheless I used your clarification as a context in which to frame the interjection in question as somewhat more in the direction of petty than incisive—my impression being that the snarkiness did not accurately represent the positions of people who have disagreed with David in the past.
David wasn’t trying to imply otherwise. He was making use of your comment as a context in which to snark about past disagreements he has had.
I understood that, nevertheless I used his snarky remark as a context in which to disclaim one possible misinterpretation of my original comment.
;) I suspected that, nevertheless I used your clarification as a context in which to frame the interjection in question as somewhat more in the direction of petty than incisive—my impression being that the snarkiness did not accurately represent the positions of people who have disagreed with David in the past.