The folk community takes a long time to accept people on occasion and if you stick out from the rest can put peoples backs up!

Is that something to be proud of I wonder? It's certainly true though, quite shamefully so at times, but I don't suppose it's any different now to when the so-called Folk Community first came into being - i.e. sprung up overnight, and quite unchanging ever since, but that's its nature - to be as consevative as it is precious over its lack of provenance and, dare I say, tradition.