Remember the picture at the end of world war 2 of a solider kissing a pedestrian, it was the front page of a newspaper and has a statue celebrating it. Now that same action is sexual assault and equivated with rape by some people. Is it okay to kiss someone, no. But it's not the equivalent of rape either and shouldn't be roped into the same legal term (sexual assault) that has traditionally been used to refer to rape. Call it something else, sexually inappropriate behavior, but not assault.
No offence but fuck that.
Someone is sexually forcing themselves onto someone else with no permission or even a suggestion that the person is interested.
Two people flirting at a bar or a party and its clear you both want it? I can understand that.
But just randomly kissing someone without their permission in a situation that doesn't call for it? That's sexual assault.
What about grabbing someone's bum or boobs without their permission, would that be OK to you too?
Also it's not surprising to see people try to take the high road by instead of condemning someone doing something 'minor', instead they focus on people apparently saying it's just as bad as rape and ignoring the kiss.
Rape might be 'worse' then a kiss but they both still cross the line and that's the only important thing people need to consider. Not putting things on a scale and chastise anyone who calls out the 'small' stuff.
It's exactly the same argument as "there are people starving in Africa so why complain about this small stuff".