That's been your entire point with Dope. So I am antifa/anti-fascist because there is no extra baggage (yet). It's just a statement of something I oppose.

But that's incorrect, which is why I think it's just adding to the confusion.

My point with Dope is that Antifa is not an organization. It is not a discrete entity or group, like the IRA. Which is why it was an error for Trump to make the statement he did, and why it was correct for Biden (and then others) to point out that Antifa is more properly understood as an idea (like Irish Republicanism) than an organization (like the IRA).

But that does not mean that the idea referred to as "Antifa" is nothing more than merely being opposed to fascism. "Antifa" is a specific collection of ideas, promulgated as part of a political movement that originated in Germany but has since developed adherents in other countries, including the U.S. The principles of Antifa are not strictly defined, of course. 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).

Again, an ordinary "normie" person who does not agree with fascism (which is pretty much all normies) is not Antifa. I doubt very much that you are - that anyone within the Antifa movement would consider you as Antifa, or that any scholar of the movement would classify your political philosophy as Antifa.

It is a term that has a meaning far more precise than what you're using it for. It already has "baggage," as you put it - like "Anti-racist" or "pro-life" or "Make America Great Again" (or any of the innumerable terms that refer to modern political movements and belief systems), it does not merely mean what the literal component terms are defined as. And hasn't since the 1980's.