Jennifer Aniston has outraged a bunch of we’ve-got-a-cause-and-a-megaphone types after she referred to herself as a “retard” on “Live with Regis and Kelly.” No telling how outraged they would have been if they had also been forced to watch “The Switch.” The Daily Mail says

The actress, 41, was discussing her Harper’s Bazaar photo shoot in which she posed as Barbra Streisand when she seemed to absently let the offensive term slip.

Replying to a question from co-host Regis Philbin on Thursday’s program, Aniston said: “Yes, I play dress up! I do it for a living, like a retard!”

While the studio audience laughed at the self-deprecating sentiment and the show went on without comment, a storm was brewing outside the television studio.

The CEO of The Arc (a non-profit advocate for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities), [said] it was “extraordinarily offensive and inappropriate.”

He added: ‘Frankly, someone in her position ought to know better.”

Oh, waaaah waah waaaah. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with everybody? You can’t call someone a faggot or a tard these days without some advocate group getting in your face and telling you what a misogynist/racist/homophobe/elitist/solipsist/anti-dentite you are. Sorry, but it’s my First Amendment right to deride and insult. Some people even make a good living that way.

Jen arriving to The Daily Show last night; video of the retard incident after the jump:

PHOTO SOURCE: Fame Pictures