"I grew up in a blue container and I don't know if you wanted me to get into my conservative background first, but I think it's relevant because it kind of leads into how I found FDS," she says. "At one point I identified as a conscientious objector...but I wound up joining the military and went from the bluest little dot in ... west of the Mississippi to a fairly conservative place." She adds that conversations with those of other leanings has become 'not only polarized, it's a minefield now'