"However, it seemed to me the dialogue on this board had become sidelined by a debate over definitions and lost was condemnation of the underlying behavior. And Antifa is effective as shorthand, for the less linguistically blessed, despite it's use upsetting the tender sensibilities of some."

Your explanation completely misses the point about how words have meanings and misusing words can lead to false representations. I don't expect you to understand this at all. But that isn't really my point of this posts.

Since you seem to think that Antifa is effective shorthand I have a question for you.

Since Antifa is literally shorthand for the phrase anti-facist. I would like to know how you consider yourself. I want to hear it in your own words. Are you pro-facist or anti-facist?

I will help you out as well by giving you a definition:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism
"a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition"

Do you support a strong centralized autocratic government headed by a dictorial leader with severe economic and social regimentation and the forcible supression of opposition or are you against systems of government like that?

I am betting you are going to dodge the question. I know it, you know it, everyone here knows you will. However, I would also bet that if you were somehow forced to answer, you would say that you are against that form of government and society. That would make you anti-fascist. Or Antifa. Meaning all of your smears on this thread apply to you.