The rhetorical move of suggesting that someone's strongly held opinion, emotional response, or ideological stance is not a legitimate viewpoint but a symptom of unaddressed personal trauma or mental instability requiring professional intervention. It pathologizes disagreement, implying the opponent isn't rational but damaged, and that the debate table should be swapped for a therapist's couch. It’s a way to cloak personal attacks in a veneer of faux concern.
Example: When someone expresses deep anger about systemic injustice, a reply like "You need to log off and play the therapy card, bro. This level of rage isn't healthy" attempts to reframe their political critique as a personal psychological problem, invalidating the content of their argument by questioning their emotional fitness to hold it.
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Ex. 1
'That's diesel therapy. When you fuck up in the system, you'll end up on that bus and you won't get off that bus. Cuz they'll lose your paperwork. And you'll never been seen from again. Eventually you'll get off, but you won't know when the ride's gonna end.' J.D. Rutherford, Prison Break Raw, Sept. 4, 2019
Ex. 2
Darjon: Hey fool! I need to get at the homey Sweets! He has my fuck book!
Will Bop: You're too late. He got shipped out on the grey goose!
Darjon: What he do bro?
Will Bop: He was bustin' the female COs cheeks! The Warden found out and gave that fool Diesel Therapy! He was last seen somewhere between Chino and Pelican Bay!
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Ex. 2
Darjon: Hey fool! I need to get at the homey Sweets! He has my fuck book!
Will Bop: You're too late. He got shipped out on the grey goose!
Darjon: What he do bro?
Will Bop: He was bustin' the female COs cheeks! The Warden found out and gave that fool Diesel Therapy! He was last seen somewhere between Chino and Pelican Bay!
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Speed therapy is when you go at high speeds in a car to clear your mind and get rid of any bad thoughts.
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