The fact that Ashersky has responded to my case by saying that I'm 100% positively scum is so weird to me. I know he's not a PR with a result, so the certainty he's showing as to me being scum is really odd.
Let's say he actually is town, and I'm mistaken here. Throwing it into a "Me or TA" situation has made it so regardless, we lynch a town member. We would also get much less information than we would otherwise by tunneling in on two possible lynches.
Now, let's say he's scum. Throwing it into a "Me or TA" situation means that Ash will get lynched in one of the next two lynches. Of course, if I flip town before he gets lynched, he would try to avoid that situation, but I doubt he'd have much luck avoiding the lynch. What it also does, though, is two things that are good for scum. First, it means that we don't do any work on finding out who the third scum member is. Ashersky and TA gets all the attention, and no other wagons start. Second, it draws the investigation tonight, if we no-lynch. Once again, we're no closer to finding the third scum.
Given that Ashersky was going to be taking heat from my case, and that Eevee agreed and possibly others were going to agree with it, there wasn't really any way for him to avoid suspicion today. So turning into into a "me or him" situation is beneficial, as it doesn't draw anymore attention but it allows him to keep any suspicion from getting anywhere today. For someone who is complaining that we don't have a D2 to analyze, turning D3 into a situation where all the analysis will focus mostly on two people is a weird move, and one that benefits scum.