Talk:Spreading

In high school and college debates, "spreading" is a portmanteau of speed reading, where you deliver your evidence as quickly as possible in order to cover as much ground as possible. It is most prevalent in policy debate. Spreading is a natural function of these debates, which are more about competing than dialectics. I don't why we would have a redirect of this to Gish gallop, which, while similar (unleashing a vast torrent of arguments), is essentially quite different. Spreading is something done between nerdy high school students for fun, the Gish gallop is something done by creationists to deceive.-- "Shut up, Brx." 05:02, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * This is the first time you have ever been right, you vile beast you. Acei9 05:10, 1 September 2012 (UTC)