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A particularly ridiculous version of this is "spreading" in debate, where you speak extremely fast so that your opponent has difficulty addressing all your points.

Wired video with some interviews: https://youtu.be/0FPsEwWT6K0

And a transcribed video from a highly-prepped debate: https://youtu.be/JhzwSlK4uEc

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To be fair, I remember this being a problem even when I participated in middle school debate ~20 years ago.

If you make a bunch of points that the other team doesn't refute directly, you get to nail them on it later.

Short of you speaking so quickly that even the judge didn't understand you, it was heavily encouraged to speak extremely quickly even back then.

Stuff like this is why I don’t put any weight into whoever “wins” a debate. There is skill involved but in debating but it’s not about who had the facts on their side.

But what about the points you didn't cover? They're correct, right? /s

But yeah, I considered doing debate as I thought it was about logic and truthfulness. After watching a spectacle like this locally, I noped out of it.

It's just a game, right? Would be like concluding which country is more powerful, UK or Croatia, based off a football game.

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