My biggest issue is that the new expressions are extremely upsetting to me and other players, to the point that I don't even want to play this route anymore.
Great idea, don't play.
What a mean thing to say to someone, especially when people saying they didn't know if they could play anymore was also a sentiment that was echoed here repeatedly during the Patch 6 kiss threads. Even then, where I felt some users were being nasty towards the people who wanted gentler kisses, I didn't see anyone saying "great idea, don't play it then." I hope when I say this we avoid getting into the arguments about why "actually back then it was valid because x" because people here have expressed that, for example, the new ones are triggering to them, and I'm tired of them being presumed liars for it. Or, similarly, that "back then it was okay because personally I think it was OOC", because then we go back into the circular debate about what's in character and what isn't. To put it simply, any opinions of why "it was okay to say that back then" apply to why it is okay now for people to make the same statements, but about the opposite situation. Any distinctions between those two end up being subjective judgements that feel like people are implying that players that feel very bothered by the new kisses aren't valid for their opinions.
I think everyone's entitled to express why they think they should or shouldn't change the kisses according to their own opinion without attacking that of others or even questioning their validity in playing that route or liking to play that route and now feeling that has been tarnished.
