Sic a fankle canny be sorted

Last week, a comment was made to a  particular post. I responded to it
accordingly
Turned  out the comment was referring to  a different  circumstance.
It's hard to keep  an exchange  straight like that. I felt slighted.
Something similar happened  today.
A criticism  was made about  an inclination to "besmirch"  another.
I took it to  refer to one comment.
Then a comment was posted that took it to mean  another.
Comments  need to be  more precisely directed . So we're not talking at each other with cross purpose.
Otherwise I can  see the thread getting  into such a fankle  it can never be straightened out.