You are talking about squeezing one side of a balloon without noticing that the other end is getting bigger.
The KKK is effectively a non-entity today in modern society, sure. That's partly because "they" became Proud Boys, Patriot Front, etc. etc. As with the broader societal trends of transitioning away from traditional pre-digital power structures and groups, a rich ecosystem of new white nationalist groups have sprung up in the digital age to feed off the same hate that the KKK used to organize around.
They numbers are tiny and politically they are impotent.
And none of that change required hate speech laws.