Reply #68: this is a great question:

[nashville_brook]

i was a student activist in the 80s in upper east tennessee which was an early entrant into the world of conservative activism. at national gatherings i'd tell my story and us the term "conservative activism" and fellow activists from other states thought that was the funniest thing they had ever heard of.

but let me tell what worked for us -- cultural affiliations. work with bands, artists, business-folk and everyone you can get your hands on to multiply your sphere of influence. make the progressive-liberal crowd THE IN-CROWD. the affiliations work best when they are woven into the fabric of life. most people don't need or want to write/read position papers -- they want to party.

this might sound flippant, but it's not -- it goes a long way to overturning old forms of AUTHORITY and creating new ones.

just my 2 cents -- this question was so close to my experience i had to chime in.