"Then they went and branded the entire folk community as lefty hippy as well"

The English language can be such a trial. In particular, please define the word "they" above. In your current post, you seem to use this word to mean "people like seeger and smothers", "all politicos" and the final reference, unlabelled, above. Who did this "branding"? What does a "left hippy" look like in this day and age? And of course the ultimate question on this forum:




What is the entire folk community?