The line readings, particularly of Mr. Virta, Ms. Schultz and Ms. Song, are especially deaf to humorous possibility.
But most especially, the GOP appears to be particularly tone deaf on these matters.
We respectfully request that AT&T reconsider its behavior and the impact that blocking FaceTime will have on its customers, particularly the deaf and hard of hearing, as well as all who use this application to communicate with family and friends over the Internet.
Other people on social media chimed in in agreement, saying that the inclusion of the effects was particularly tone deaf after last year's mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas.
But the costume is particularly tone deaf given the current situation in North Dakota, where thousands of Native Americans and their supporters have been protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
This is the case particularly for deaf-blind children.
But for many critics, the overnight re-emergence of Wang Yongping, the Ministry of Railways spokesman fired this week, seemed particularly tone-deaf to the national mood.
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, out of favor with his party's progressive wing, joked about changing his name to "Amazon," a not-so-subtle wink and nod to selling out that sounded particularly tone-deaf to his Queens constituents.
But the decision of journalists to allow Trump to speak off the record after canceling last week's press conference, and on the eve of the Electoral College vote, was particularly tone-deaf and reinforces perceptions that the press still doesn't know how to handle a master media manipulator. .
"Reading and writing are particularly important for deaf children.
"Republicans have been so tone deaf, particularly to workers' needs and working families' needs," she said.
