Comment by joe_mamba

>What is "normies" in this context?

normie = normal "average" people; People who aren't terminally online and up to date on tech and politics drama. Exactly the ones oblivious to negative things the EU is doing in the background, because stuff like Eurovision or the World Cup takes up more of their attentions span than complex tech or politics.

>here in particular, it seems a strong pejorative

Only because that's how you choose to see it.

> for anybody who disagrees with your world view

So having a world view where government surveillance state should NOT be OK makes me the bad guy?