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As with most political movements and political philosophies, people disagree on what it means - and there are disputes internally among adherents about what the ideas of Antifa are. As a general matter, though, "Antifa" involves a heavy distrust of state institutions (to the point where it is either a form of anarchism or something close to it), promotion of the principles of Anti-Racism (which is also not merely being against racism), and an acceptance and promotion of aggressive active tactics that attempt to impose significant consequences on people deemed to be fascist (doxxing and protesting them individually on the non-violent end of the Antifa spectrum, or physically attacking them on the other end).
You start out by saying there is no agreement about what antifa is, and then immediately launch into you own definition.
Part of your definition - "Antifa" involves a heavy distrust of state institutions (to the point where it is either a form of anarchism or something close to it)" is absolutely wrong IMO. My understanding of antifa is that it wants to preserve state institutions and protect them against the assault of fascists.
Again, an ordinary "normie" person who does not agree with fascism (which is pretty much all normies) is not Antifa.
And you go on to determine who is antifa and who isn't.
Since antifa is not an organization, then anyone can be a "member". It's up to them and no one else to decide if they are antifa. No other "member" of antifa can tell me if I'm a member or not, any more than I can tell them if they're a member.
