While I personally believe the original post by /u/fatryan13 was made out of love in a manner only to poke innocent fun of their significant other, it of course ruffled some feathers with people who have direct experience with deaf people being perceived as less than equals.

/u/Drone04731686 posts in /r/deaf merely voicing distaste for the post. and after the x-post from metabot appears on original post, mob mentality of /r/video downvotes legitimate concerns of a minority into the ground and takes a rather insensitive stance of "how dare you get offended."

General insensitivity to the underlying minority issue ensues due to a populist roar.

TLDR - Reddit drowns out legitimate concerns of a minority and dismisses the conversation entirely.