I agree with him. Being active as survivor requires a level of ability to manipulate the stupid people, and it's not really fun to do. The "Surv gov" doesn't work since noone will PM you roles or lws, me included (unless the survivor is really super convincing).
My fav roles are Marshall, Judge, MM, Jailor, Investigator, Detective and Lookout. Marshall is great to carry a town, Judge is probably the most powerful anti-town role of the game, MM is me
plus it's a very fun role with nice mechanics, Jailor is the invest-vigi-doctor hybrid (question people, you may shoot them and you can protect someone like a gov), and the three invest roles I gave are really fun because you actually gather confirmed information on people you suspect.