Obviously my knitting circle characterization was directed at the silly name of the group she's the chairperson of, not at the substance of her comments. My comment before any of that was completely substantive and points out Ms. Farnan'a bias perspective as evidenced by the group. So, problem solved, the comment was substantive. Could I have avoided the knitting circle reference, yes, but it certainly wasn't in some way sexist. It's designed to trivialize the self-important and frankly silly name of the resistance group, like it's their some form of the French underground in WW2. 

Misogyny contemplates an engrained dislike or distrust of women. To use that word to characterize my comment is silly and just doesn't reflect an understanding of the comment, or use of the term in context. I could have said the group was a circle-jerk, would that have made it any-male, of course not. I agree, stick to substance and so will I.