I have no idea what “NS” refers to, but you’re correct that I now live in California. I’ve previously lived in Abilene, TX, and Winchester, VA, so I have some personal experience in the Old South.
I’m sorry if my opinions about the region’s history make you uncomfortable, but this is a conservative site and patriotism necessarily includes loyalty to our national government, no matter who the president might be at any given time.
NS=Non Sequitur, a now banned poster who argued the pro-union side on the WBTS threads and who, even now, strikes abject fear into the Lost Cause Losers here.
And for good reason - he routinely kicked ass whenever he went up against one of these guys. It was moderately amusing to see them fight like leftist schoolgirls against him. Come to think of it - they still do “fight” that way!