The fraternity, in a lengthy apology posted on its website, maintained that the video was meant to be satire — a roast of a conservative, Republican brother in the frat. "It was a satirical sketch of an uneducated, racist, homophobic, misogynist, sexist, ableist, and intolerant person," the frat said in the statement. "The young man playing the part of this character nor the young man being roasted do not hold any of the horrible views espoused as a part of that sketch. We would like to believe that the new members seen in the video laughing at the horrible things being said were not laughing in concurrence with these beliefs, but in fact the opposite — that racism, sexism, and homophobia are so wrong that they are laughable. None of the satire was said or done in malice."