User blog comment:The.Outsider/Daniel's Part In AC3/ Templars & Assassins Argument/@comment-4975789-20120923200345/@comment-1153722-20120923203201

The Templars have been viewed as evil since the first game, and that is because it is the antagonist faction. People simply find it easier to quickly draw lines between good and evil rather than seeing both as being in the gray area.