I didn’t think I was dismissing an opposing argument; rather, pointing out that the article TimS linked to was making the opposite of the claim that you stated as a generalization of its point: not “these jokes express unstated general truths” but rather “these jokes express false generalizations … and thereby leave significant distinctions unstated and, indeed, more difficult to state.”
I didn’t think I was dismissing an opposing argument; rather, pointing out that the article TimS linked to was making the opposite of the claim that you stated as a generalization of its point: not “these jokes express unstated general truths” but rather “these jokes express false generalizations … and thereby leave significant distinctions unstated and, indeed, more difficult to state.”