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This man is a case of a true believer lost in his cause and unlikely to surface again.  No amount of communication, persuasion or argument is going to change his mind.  Thus, the government had no choice but give him a long sentence in prison.  He is a reminder, as if communicators needed one, that words can only go so far in changing minds. The brain must be receptive to counter-argument and when it isn't, there is nothing to be done.  In prison, anything is possible.  He could start listening or he could dive deeper into conspiracy thinking.  He has 12.5 years to figure it out.  If in his eyes, he was a hero of Jan. 6, there will be no way to reach him.  But, if he recognizes the wrong in his actions, that could be a first step to a normal life when he gets out.