But would I have expressed this surprise as scum? (to use that argument again, I guess)
It just feels like you have this presupposition that I'm scum, and interpreting everything I do as falling on that side, while ignoring the rest.
Uh. Well, I've said what I've said. And wouldn't that go against how "calculated" things are. I mean, if I was scum again, I'm sure I'd play it a lot differently than the last time (which was my first game, so I was super inexperienced).
It's always interesting to me, because I've defended myself very heavily against every wagon that's ever formed on me as town, but that's normally what people find me the most scummy for. Whatever. I've said my peace.
Also when did townie things become scummy things? It's a lot of WIFOM. Like "he's the top on the post count, so he must be scum trying to appear super, super townie!" When in reality, scum likes to hide in the middle if they can, where they aren't noticed. So it really comes down to how you want to see things. There's some information, and you can interpret multiple ways. You choose to see a lot of semi-neutral behavior as scummy.