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On January 21, 2015, Poole stepped down as administrator, amid the fallout of [[File:Mansphere.png]] [[Manosphere|Gamergate.]] He was succeeded by [[File:AltBert.png]] [[National Libertarianism#Alt-Libertarianism|Hiroyuki Nishimura]]. Not long after assuming the position, he assigned the senior moderator position to an anonymous person with the alias [[File:AltR.png]] [[White Nationalism|R*peApe]]. R*peApe is well known for his racist views and his intention to push those views to the mainstream of 4chan, especially /pol/. He has dissuaded moderators from banning users for racism and fired moderators, and occasionally banned users, who are [[File:Prgess.png]] [[:Category:Culturally Left|Culturally Left]]. R*peApe claims to have served in Afghanistan. He is also interested in [[File:Gamer.png]] video games, and [[File:GRightsRGRights.png]] {{PCBA|Gun Rights Advocacy|firearms.}} He often made complaints about his family members allegedly blocking his work, worrying that they would walk in on him looking at adult content as he was moderating.<ref>Arthur Rob (November 2, 2020) [https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7aap8/the-man-who-helped-turn-4chan-into-the-internets-racist-engine The Man Who Helped Turn 4chan Into the Internet's Racist Engine] Retrieved October 15, 2022</ref>

On May 14, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Buffalo, New York, USA, killing 10 and injuring 3 more. The suspectperpetrator inof the attack is [[File:AntiblackGendron.png]] [[White Nationalism|Payton Gendron]]. Gendron is reported to have posted a manifesto to 4chan two days prior to the massacre. He was also a frequent user of the [[File:Pol.png]] /pol/ board, adopting his viewpoints not long after joining in May 2020.<ref>Closson, Troy (May 14, 2022) [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/14/nyregion/buffalo-shooting#the-accused-gunmans-racist-manifesto-outlined-a-plan-to-kill-blacks-and-referred-to-replacement-theory The accused gunman’s racist manifesto outlined a plan to kill Black people and referred to ‘replacement theory.’] Retrieved October 15, 2022</ref>

/pol/ is widely known for its [[File:Racism.png]] [[Racial Nationalism|Racistracist]], [[File:Whitesup.png]] [[White Nationalism|Whitewhite Supremacistsupremacist]], [[File:Anti-Semitic.png]] Antianti-Semitic, [[File:Antimultcult.png]] Xenophobic, [[File:Islamophobia.png]] Islamophobic, [[File:Sexism icon.png]] [[Manosphere|Misogynistic]], and [[File:Anti-LGBT.png]] Anti-LGBT+ content.