They may be cunning but not the well educated. History is a funny subject and objectivism of the past events depends on the person who reports it. There is very few books out there that show both side of the story. Educated people go out there and research what interest them. They learn the facts, opinions and try to understand given situation/event. It's easy to be ignorant because you don't have to do much. You can just gather few facts that suit your ideology and repeat it over and over again. I saw some of those shows and also I worked on the case studies of different hate crimes. These people (leaders) make sense and sound smart when they transfer their "knowledge" to uneducated "foot soldiers". They are great speakers and know what their audience needs. If you are a 18 yo boy from broken family that never had more than $5 in your pocket and life is kicking you hard you want somebody to take care of you and answer questions. You want somebody to explain to you why you are poor, why your folks are the way they are, why your life can’t be the way it is shown on TV? Movement leaders pray for victims like that. They will take you in and tell you that it’s not your fault. They will blame: the system, white people, black people or Jews. They will point their fingers at them and say that it doesn’t matter that you dad was drunk 24/7, he doesn’t have a job because an immigrant took it. It is never your fault it is always somebody else you have to blame. You will be fed couple of ideas, facts that when memorized will make you sound dedicated, informative and maybe even smart. But listen to those “ideas” from a neutral point of view: killing all the Jews, there was no holocaust, return of slavery or sending all blacks to Africa and government is out to kill us. How ridiculous they sound? Yes there are some people who believe in them, because being in the organization gives them a feeling of belonging, sense of family. The problem is that “the family” is letting them do what they please as long as they blindly follow the teachings. There is no room for real education there. None of these kids are getting sent to get their GEDs or college schooling. Educated man is dangerous because he can think and rationalize. Those leaders don’t want to be questioned, they want to be followed.

Also see that those big leaders are never in the center of the action. “Foot soldiers” are the one who do the dirty work (murder, beatings, robberies, etc). They are the one who get arrested, sentenced and executed while leaders are sitting safely back home. Also since those organizations are being fueled by a lot of donations, leaders a lot of times are getting rich in the name of their cause.