Anti Patterns
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Let's list anti patterns here....
Pattern MODEL This contains a list of possible pattern facets. To use this as a template you'll need the wiki "source code." Click edit on the Pattern MODEL link and you'll see the possible pattern "facets" with lots of "mark-up" information, mostly a lot of equal signs. COPY that text and back out of the Editing Pattern MODEL page using the back arrow on your browser. You can then edit any of the anti-patterns in the list by clicking the Edit link under Views and then PASTING the marked-up information from the MODEL page. You can then add any information you want to the anti-pattern in the appropriate location.
Selected Patterns
We will work on these first. Each is followed by the names of its authors.
Wars with Hidden Agendas courtney, robert
Media Monopolies phoenix, cache
Eye for an Eye – Retribution isaac, adam
Environmental Degradation tim, ali
Weapons of Mass Distraction / Media as Spectacle, ali, justin
Societal Apathy adam, isaac
Semantic Gerrymandering chuck, courtney
Profit-motivated Health Care cache, tim
Professional Obfuscation robert, jonesy
Distorting History john, scott
Corruption and Fraud jonesy, phoenix
Denialism amber, john
Cultural imperialism jeremy, amber
Criminalizing Poverty justin, jeremy
Bad Education (includes Factory Education, Education for Deaffirming, Lifeless Education, etc.), scott, chuck
Ultra-nationalism robert, isaac
Racism cache, courtney
Monopoly jonesy, robert
Silenced Voices jeremy, jonesy
Mock Public Space tim, chuck
Fear Mongering justin, ali
Dumbing Down courtney, tim
Dehumanization john, cache
Compartmentalization of Knowledge scott, phoenix
Advertising-Funded Media adam, jeremy
Activism Delegitimization chuck, justin
Xenophobia ali, amber
Violence (celebration of, desensitivity about, as a problem-solving strategy), phoenix, john
Sustaining World Hunger amber, adam
Unacknowledged Privilege isaac, scott
Proposed Patterns
Green mile – Corporal punishment
Barefoot and pregnant – rigid gender roles
The hidden mute button (silenced voices)
Misplaced Blame (Defending failure)
media bias- State run media? information control
entitlement-getting what you don't deserve
Bad Education (includes Factory Education, Education for Deaffirming, Lifeless Education, Gradgrindism, etc.)
The Good Life as Defined by Corporations
Celebrity Divorces (pattern includes celebrities that have put on a lot of weight)
Freedom Equals Soda Pop (or is it cigarettes?)
Media Monopolies Bagdikian and Herman and Chomsky
Advertising-Based Media Herman and Chomsky
Sourcing (public relations professionals as “journalists”) Herman and Chomsky
Flak Herman and Chomsky
Anti-Terrorism Rhetoric (formerly known as “anti communist ideology” Herman and Chomsky)
Exterminism See E. P. Thompson
