I kind of feel sorry for academe. She is obviously a very damaged person, what with how she feels compelled to respond to threads on about every subject, even stuff she doesn't know anything about and always to include some reference to her being at UBC as some kind of grad student and/or being a sexual health educator. This all shows a real need for external validation. I think that one real academic guy (I think on here!) noted this, saying only an insecure arrogant person would choose a nick like "academe" or "perpetualacademe" in the first place.
That said, my sympathy can only go so far! Before she became latent, the stupid crap she always posted (see above) and her half-understandings of just about everything was so freaking annoying. When she become a lurking mod, her damaged nature obviously really made her lose control.
One thought though: what on earth was Mike thinking when he made her a mod anyway? Pretty much the whole world knew that she was as dumb as an empty dump-truck.
