"At my most magnanimous I am overcome......"
The revival, which you are part and parcel of, at its best, is made up of people who recognise the existance of a superb body of songs passed down to us and are prepared to acknowledge and appreciate the contribution made by those who gave it to them/us.
By your constant debunking of the work of others with your clever/clever flights of verbosity and your failure to offer an alternative, you constantly call into question folk song and the people who gave it to us.
Pontificating dilettante keeps springing to mind, but I'm not sure that you're even that committed.
Do you fill all your posts with verbose fluff because you have nothing but your wrecking ball as a response to argument?
Just thought I'd ask.   
Jim Carroll