actually, the "oh, i was kidding and made all that up" schtick should accentuate why he should be fired.... who thinks that type of thing is funny...? that is one seriously twisted dude and the entire argument he put makes me believe there is no way he is beyond actually doing the things he talked about....
That's alt-right strategy. Say something outrageously racist, *wink, wink* , "I'm just playing", libs are so triggered, snowflakes, free speech, yadda yadda, blah blah.
By focusing on what he considers funny, it allows him to frame it as a matter of personal tastes that is being censored. It's a game that puts the left on the defensive looking like they're against free expression.
The councilman should have just pulled his card on some "you're violating codes of conduct and ethics" and focused on that.
On another note, I love it when this disphyt was getting all smug when the councilman was running down his own personal history of working as a first responder in Africa and flippantly asked if he'd ever been attacked by alligators, and he straight pulled his card on some, "YES, I HAVE." Basically told him to shut the fukk up cuz you're not a tough guy and I've seen more and done more in my life than you and everybody you know.
Btw, I didn't realize this video was from shortly after this story first hit the news back in December when Huffpo broke the story. I thought it was a recent vid. I havent been able to find any updates on this filth.