I'm also seeing an obnoxious trend on social media of leftists saying, "I am Antifa. You are Antifa. Anyone who opposes fascism is Antifa, because the only ones objecting to opposing fascism are fascists."

This is more gaslighting bullshit.

The argument is basically, "Antifa means anti-fascist, so how could you be against them unless you like fascism?"

That's the same nonsense argument used by BLM 5-6 years ago -- if you oppose BLM (a violent, grifting organization), doesn't that mean you think black lives don't matter?

You can't just call your organization something and pretend it automatically represents that name.

An organization called Black Lives Matter is not necessarily taking the correct actions to preserve black lives, and may very well be (and was) exploiting the noble-sounding name to grift and commit acts of violence.

An organization called Antifa is not necessarily just a group of people peacefully opposed to fascism. In this case, they engage in violent, often fascist (speech suppressing) tactics themselves in service of left-wing goals. Note that support of leftism is not the equivalent to anti-fascism.

Similarly, names mean things. If you are a peaceful anti-fascist, you shouldn't call yourself Antifa unless you agree with and support their violent tactics. That's because Antifa carries a certain meaning and connotation in today's society. I could call myself a Proud Boy because I'm male and proud, but that would be stupid, as I oppose a lot of what the group Proud Boys believe. You can identify as an anti-fascist without calling yourself Antifa.

These people call themselves Antifa not because they're planning to go out on the streets and beat up right wing activists, but because they want to quietly show support for the ones who do.