"Gish gallops" are intended to bamboozle the uninformed audiences of spoken debates; you can't "Gish gallop" in an online text conversion. Stop carrying water for genocide enthusiasts.
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When asked to criticize communism, liberals will simply describe capitalism.
What other modes of production are currently in use by existing nations?
"Communism works the same way, except the party leaders are the ones on top," you think to yourself as the crimson Poverty Line flashes upwards across your field of view. "Capitalism is the only system that works." The wind is rushing hard in your ears now; the bottom of the Money Pit is coming up fast. "Besides, they worked hard to swim in the Money Pool, they deser--." Splat.
Thank you for your service. 
Not at all surprising. Hell, Hillary Clinton beat Trump by 2.5 million votes in 2016 and she appointed him to the fucking presidency.
Israel has no regard for the lives of Jewish Palestinians and loves to recruit Christians to the cause of Zionism. Go back to Reddit.
Israel kills plenty of Jews, too. Israel promotes Zionism, not Judaism.
Both versions exist.
If someone with the username "Proud Anarkiddy" tweeted about how anarchism is all about some cringey nonsense, would you post a screenshot of that? Hell, it doesn't even have to be political: if "StarWarzNerd69" tweeted about Star Trek fans being basement-dwelling virgins, I'd ignore the obvious troll bait.
Again, perfectly fair. Before I was a communist, I rejected Marxist concepts as well. I've spent over two decades reading and listening to arguments for and against all sort of political, social and economic ideas. I've identified with centrism, liberalism, libertarianism, social democracy and other ideologies. Today, I consider myself to be a Marxist/socialist/communist not because it's just the latest thing I've hit upon, but because it's what's made the most sense to me. When I use Marxist words and ideas, I don't do so because I'm a Marxist; I'm a Marxist because those words and ideas have helped me to make the most sense of the world. And I'm certainly not demanding, or even asking, you do become a Marxist, I'm just asking you to consider what makes the most sense.
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No, it's literally impossible to Gish gallop with text -- readers take in texts at their own pace, they can re-read sections until they fully understand what authors are trying to express, they can stop reading texts and fact-check authors at any time, they can choose to stop reading texts whenever they feel confused or overwhelmed. Text-based debates (or conversations in this case) neutralize all the rhetorical tricks of the Gish gallop. Stop carrying water for genocide enthusiasts.