My suspicion is that "normalize" in the (mis)sense under discussion migrated from the phrase "normalize relations," as between two countries, meaning restore to harmony not return to normality. The ugly shift, to my ear, is applying the verb to persons, which doesn't make sense.
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So remember: next time someone complains about normalizing Trump, publicly shame them for ontological violence against sexual minorities
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