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Some of them are teenagers who shave their heads and wear swastika tattoos and call themselves Skinheads some of them are young men who wear camouflage fatigues and practice guerrilla warfare tactics some of them are conservatively dressed professionals who publish journals filled with their bizarre beliefs - ideas which range from denying that the Nazi Holocaust ever happened to the contention that the U.S. Today, while the traditional Klan has declined, there are many other groups which go by a variety of names and symbols and are at least as dangerous as the KKK. Since 1865, the Ku Klux Klan has provided a vehicle for this kind of hatred in America, and its members have been responsible for atrocities that are difficult for most people to even imagine. This is a history of hate in America - not the natural discord that characterizes a democracy, but the wild, irrational, killing hate that has led men and women throughout our history to extremes of violence against others simply because of their race, nationality, religion or lifestyle.