Do you also find yourselves defending communist positions because they are misunderstood by most people? Do you also find yourselves specifying the type of anarchism you refer to because most people have a conception of anarchy as simply chaotic rebellion?
Personally, I find it more effective to define myself as an anarcho-communist in order to emphasize the concept of anarchy as a structure and to highlight the concept of communism as a proletarian organizational tool.
If I’m talking to a leftist, I’m an anarchist.
If I’m talking to anyone else I just talk around anarchism without saying the word.
But in all cases I’m lying, as I’m a communalist. It’s not worth dragging anyone down that rabbit hole!