There we go.
1. You said you'd rather avoid a lynch all together than get lynched yourself. If you were cit that wouldn't be true. You're either TPR or scum and you're talking too much and pulling in too many different directions to be TPR. Not lynching yesterday was not in town's interest, as @
Zedus pointed out. Therefore you're working against town. It's not mental gymnastics, it's logic with many variables. Welcome to forum mafia.
2. Flip flopping, like you've been doing, could potentially be from being unsure. But with the frequency and regularity at which you've been doing it, it looks intentional. It looks like you're purposely trying to mislead town.
3. You were definitely floundering. You haven't stopped since then.
4. Yes, it really is. Scum know they're important to the game. Scum has a smaller window in which they can fuck up and still win. Logically, town will freak out less often when put up to be lynched. I don't care about your perceived personal meta. I only care about human behavior as a whole and this is what lines up with human behavior that I've witnessed.