I feel ya Boshi. This is one Birdo who doesn't like manipulation. At least, not being on the receiving end of. Sure, I've done my share of fast-talking. But it's never resulted in anyone getting physically hurt. Unless it's that blasted pink Birdo. But she deserves it, that spotlight hog.
Unfortunately, it's a necessary evil. (You gotta break a few eggs in order to make an omelet.)
For example, Maxi told me that on day one all the mafia members (except 1) voted for me in order to save Khush. This should make it pretty easy to determine who's mafia, right?
However, Maxi told Khush that Golden Pheonix, Kashogi Stogi, Sir_Sniffy and Nickmitch are all mafia (at least according to Khush). Now, GP and Nickmitch both voted for me on day 1, but I won't necessarily hold that against them (if I held a grudge against everyone who voted for me I'd have a lot of vendettas to catch up on). But since neither Stogi nor Sniffy voted for me the info Khush gave me doesn't exactly jive with what Maxi told me.
Something else to consider: Dasmos (Hammer Bro #1) tried really hard to save me on day 1. Maxi (Hammer Bro #2) voted against me instead of Khush. Why? It seems they weren't exactly playing the same game. Do we know which one was part of the mafia? My guess is it was Dasmos because Maxi was the one killed by the mafia, but that could be wrong. However, if I'm right, we need to change our votes. Dasmos tried to get Khush voted out on day 1. He obviously couldn't (and wouldn't) do that if both he and Khush were mafia.
So if Dasmos was the Hammer Bro who was part of the mafia that means Khush can't be mafia.