Posted on 08/22/2010 6:04:04 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Jennifer Aniston is in hot water for using a politically incorrect term on “Live with Regis & Kelly” Thursday morning.
While promoting her flick “The Switch,” Aniston discussed her recent Barbra Streisand-inspired photo shoot for “Harper’s Bazaar” on the show. "Yeah, I got to play dress up,” Jen said to Regis, “I do it for a living, like a retard!"
Now, disability advocates are bashing the actress for her word choice.
A rep for the Special Olympics tells “Us Weekly,” "People with intellectual disabilities have fought their whole lives for understanding and recognition. When people continue to use the R word, it's hurtful."
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She grew up in the late 70’s-early 80’s....we all said stuff like ‘retard’ and ‘that’s gay’ or ‘what a spaz’....
It’s sometimes difficult to ‘check’ yourself from slipping those phrases out, especially when you are in a comfortable conversation mode...I still say those types of phrases and have been called out for it.
Word!
Liberals do no think “retard” is a politically incorrect word because the Kenyan said it and trig is fair game.
We can call them “gaytarded.”
“I don’t see anything wrong with what she said,”
I don’t see “anything” wrong with her. She’s forty one I believe and looks just fine to me. Personally, I think Brad Pitt was ate up with the dumb @$$ for dumping her for the wicked witch or the west, aka Angelina Joline.
ok, we have free speech, that is a right. But maybe discretion and common sense says that we should not exercise that right when it comes to saying the R(etard) word.
Does the argument above sound familiar to anyone?
As conservatives we are beat daily by Libturds attempting to control our speech and frame debates using their concocted distorted language so we are justifiably sensitive to another attempt at speech control, but on this one, we’d best realize we gain nothing and probably lose. the R word is slang for retarded person of course and is denigrating to them when used. It really is like President Zero’s joke about “Special Olympics”; he was using defenseless people as a prop in a joke and the R word is really the same thing. Jen Aniston using such people as a prop in light hearted banter, comparing herself, a multimillionaire glamorous actress to a retarded person. I guess I would ask any FReepers with retarded people in their families what they think of the term and be generous in speaking as they would suggest.
Very similar to a skinny woman going from size 1 to 3 and going on national TV and talking about being horrified about becoming fat. Free speech sure! But it is stupid. Free speech is not always trump. Think about our families and jobs. Should we really say eveything we think?
Should a mosque be built on ground zero bec. we have freedom of religion?
I seem to recall Obama got into similar with his Special Olympics jive. It blew over almost immediately.
>>> she won’t have to worry about acting for a living pretty soon..........
Really?
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# Wanderlust (2011) (pre-production) .... Linda
# Horrible Bosses (2011) (filming) .... Dr. Julia Harris
# Just Go with It (2011) (post-production) .... Katherine Palmer
Figure her paycheck probably isn’t less then $5 million per project, plus a couple hundred million from Friends by now, I suspect she isn’t too panic stricken.
Putting a mosque on that site is a literal abomination, more than just an affront to the thousands who died there as a result of the murderous asperations of the very religion behind the mosque.
If the people allow it, they’ll get more of what led to the destruction of the World Trade Center towers, and they’ll deserve it.
It’s so silly that the term “retard” has become taboo, and deemed unusable by the PC police.
When I was younger, which wasn’t a terribly long ago, retard was just like any other word, and no one gave a damn. Somehow we all survived. Even the retards survived.
Get a life!
Jennifer Aniston is a talentless and insensitive. FYI Jen, you are’t “little miss perfect”. No one man wants to be around her. She couldn’t even hold on to a man whole lke John Mayer. That speaks volumes about her character or lack thereof.
Corrections....man whore John Mayer.
I love Jennifer Aniston, but I sure wish people would understand how painful it is to those who love someone with developmental problems, to hear “retard” used to mean stupid. It is also very hurtful for those who have a developmental problem. Take it from a mother who knows.
I love Jennifer Aniston, but I sure wish people would understand how painful it is to those who love someone with developmental problems, to hear “retard” used to mean stupid. It is also very hurtful for those who have a developmental problem. Take it from a mother who knows.
How insensitive your comments are. This isn’t about “advocates” or “groups”, but about people with developmental problems being dehumanized so someone else can laugh.
Are you serious? Since when is it okay to make fun of a disability?
She's hot.
No one man wants to be around her.
Don't be a retard. Literally millions of men would love to be "around" her.
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