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Every now and then, The View panelists actually engage in an interesting discussion.

Such was the case when the topic of Tracy Morgan, his recent anti-gay rant on stage and subsequent apology came up this week on the talk show.

Whoopi Goldberg didn’t defend Morgan’s specific outburst, but did speak from experience as a comedian when she said this stuff just happens occasionally on stage: “Sometimes we step in it and it’s bad, and this is one of those times… when a comic has gone over the line and realized it. Not just because people told him, but because he realized it.”

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Sherri Shepherd, who recurs opposite Morgan on 30 Rock as his character’s wife, said a working actor must also represent his show at all times.

And Elisabeth Hasselbeck actually chimed in with a good question: Do the standards for a comedian change in this Internet age, when he/she must be aware that his/her audience expands beyond those in the audience? Should it?