The comments actually refer to the man’s words as a “crime” comparable to raping a child. Just watch: Soon it really will be a crime to express such an opinion.
To paraphrase Whoopi Goldberg, it wasn’t “rape rape” committed by Polanski.
In reality, he actually did force himself on a 13 year old girl, physically. What Whoopi was apparently alluding to was that he was scheduled to do a plea bargain to lesser charges in the child rape case. But, instead of facing justice, he fled the country.
So, the liberal view is that Polanski didn’t commit an actual physical assault, and that all should be forgiven in his case.
But being against homosexuality and homosexual marriage is a crime against humanity nowadays.