>>89344687certain boards does not equal the entire website.
anonymity means many mentally challenged, psychotic and deranged people like to hide on 4chan.
we have containment boards for them but the whole place gets a bad rep as a result.
most outside sources (newfags, (You)) assume all of 4chan is /b/, le ebic rascist trolls.
4chan is really keeping those types away from the naive innocent denizens of the internet.
we're not the hero they want, but the one they need.