The two concepts of folk on the back stoop on folk on the concert stage have crossed over to make the distinction fuzzy

Even fuzzier actually; the distinction was between folkies and actual folk (i.e. wider humanity) who couldn't give a toss about folk music in any shape or form. Therefore, if folk is such a minority interest, representing the interests of what remains an specialised elite, how can it justifiably be called folk music?

As has been said elsewhere, you can go for a lot of years in the real world without meeting another folkie...

I'm not saying any of this matters, it was just a notion for a spoof thread which has long outlived it's usefulness.