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 ::::::Indeed, Achowat.  Just because some people on the Internet find it ""contentious,"" doesn't mean that the academic community does.  There are plenty of ignorant, uneducated people in the world who believe stupid things, (""Obama was born in Kenya!"", ""9/11 was an inside job!"", ""Jews control the world!"") but their opinions carry absolutely no weight on Wikipedia.  That the KKK is Far Right is not the slightest bit ""contentious"" among scholars, academics, or anyone whose opinion does matter on Wikipedia.    "