Matthew Beddingfield, 22, who pleaded guilty to assaulting or impeding officers on Jan. 6, was identified by online sleuths who got a lead with facial recognition.

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    Three years? This is ridiculous. These people tried to overthrow the government. This one tried to do it while on bail.

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      I love how people bend over backwards to describe white people as something that doesn’t sound too bad. Insurrectionist? Motherfuckers if they were even sun tanned you would call them terrorists.

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          Terrorism is quite literally the use of violence for political gains. They fit the definition perfectly. Insurrection is more like a violent uprising. But they weren’t protesting they were trying to overthrow a government and hopefully capture elected officials. They were trying to intimidate. They were terrorists, literally

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            I feel like Reason.com is always filled with the most rational, level-headed version of libertarianism.

            No selective, Mises Institute, Dave-Rubin-style “if we just get rid of all the regulations, all the new houses will stand up on their own!” nonsense that has taken over the actual libertarian party.

            None of that. Reason is a down-to-earth, truth-to-power, news outlet accurately documenting government excesses.

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              They have their share of batshit crazy articles too. But for libertarians, they’re relatively not insane.