re: The KKK must have the best marketing people in the world

While I can see the reasoning behind your argument. I think you'll be on thin ice defending it.

Looking at the genesis and core values of groups such as the KKK, Aryan Brotherhood, Anti LGBT groups, Anti Muslim groups, etc. Each organization is ANTI this group or AGAINST that practice. NOW compared to BLM, which in it's infancy, was only a method to demand fair and equal treatment of minorities by law enforcement. I will grant you BLM has been hijacked to a large extent by less scrupulous individuals.

But surely you can see the difference between the entities, and why SPLC could not and would not target BLM.

To imply that SPLC is a hate group, based solely on your argument, is pure folly.