{"id":1016706,"date":"2021-11-15T19:58:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016706"},"modified":"2021-11-15T19:59:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:59:01","slug":"senate-candidate-josh-mandel-slams-silicon-valley-thugs-after-facebook-censors-rittenhouse-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-candidate-josh-mandel-slams-silicon-valley-thugs-after-facebook-censors-rittenhouse-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Candidate Josh Mandel Slams &#039;Silicon Valley Thugs&#039; After Facebook Censors Rittenhouse Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-candidate-josh-mandel-slams-silicon-valley-thugs-after-facebook-censors-rittenhouse-meme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016706&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Ohio State Treasurer and early Trump supporter Josh Mandel, who is running in the Republican primary to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate, was censored by Facebook-owned Instagram earlier today for posting a \u201csoyface wojak\u201d or \u201csoyjak\u201d meme in support of Kyle Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<p>In a comment to Breitbart News, Mandel slammed \u201cthugs\u201d and \u201coligarchs\u201d in Silicon Valley for censoring him, labeling them along with the establishment media \u201cthe enemy of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_8463107\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mark-Zuckerberg-Capitol-Hill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8463107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mark-Zuckerberg-Capitol-Hill.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg Capitol Hill\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill (Getty\/Chip Somodevilla)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The meme Mandel posted mocked left-wing commentary around the Rittenhouse trial, in particular the importance that left-wingers give to the fact that Rittenhouse crossed state lines to be in Kenosha, WI, on the night of the riot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Meme.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18761418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Meme.jpeg\" alt width=\"828\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The image features the popular internet meme \u201csoyface wojak,\u201d which typically represents a leftist or low-testosterone man. In the top panel, Soyjak describes borders as \u201cjust imaginary lines on a map.\u201d In the bottom panel, the same Soyjak, visibly distressed, complains that Rittenhouse crossed the border of a state.<\/p>\n<p>According to Instagram, this meme violated the platform\u2019s guidelines on \u201cviolence or dangerous organizations,\u201d and warned Mandel that he could lose access to his account if he continued to violate the rules.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Post-Removed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18761586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Post-Removed.jpg\" alt width=\"1284\" height=\"1518\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot allow these Silicon Valley thugs and oligarchs to continue controlling fact by filtering it through the radical left agenda,\u201d said Mandel in a comment to Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must protect our First Amendment rights and fight against censorship and radical indoctrination from the Fake News and Big Tech Thugs. Simply put, they are the enemy of the people.\u201d<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/11\/08\/facebook-ban-on-supporting-rittenhouse-wears-thin-as-prosecution-stumbles\/\">As Breitbart News previously reported<\/a>, Facebook, which owns Instagram, continues to uphold its year-long ban on statements of support for Rittenhouse, even as the prosecution\u2019s case collapses&nbsp;\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2nd-amendment\/2021\/11\/15\/watch-judge-dismisses-weapons-charge-against-kyle-rittenhouse\/\">just today, the judge dismissed the prosecution\u2019s weapons charge against the teenager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News has reached out to Instagram for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ohio State Treasurer and early Trump supporter Josh Mandel, who is running in the Republican primary to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate, was censored by Facebook-owned Instagram earlier &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1016706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}