Overview

Communismkills was the online alias of Ashley Rae Goldberg, a right-wing political blogger and former Tumblr user who became a prominent figure in mid-2010s online culture wars. She gained notoriety for anti-socialist and anti-communist rhetoric, including disputed casualty statistics used to criticize progressive ideologies and social justice movements.

Her presence on Tumblr was marked by backlash and harassment from the predominantly left-leaning community, which frequently mocked her appearance and political views. Goldberg largely disappeared from the internet in the late 2010s, reportedly ceasing regular activity around 2017 following extensive doxxing and online scrutiny, though she has made occasional attempts to return online since.

Background

Goldberg is a conservative and libertarian blogger and journalist who has written for the Capital Research Center, The Daily Caller, LifeSiteNews, NewsBusters, MRCTV, American Greatness and several Canadian newspapers, according to her Muck Rack^[2] profile.

Online Presence

Goldberg's notoriety online began around August 2014, after she posted a rhyme mocking the death of Michael Brown. The post led to her being doxxed and subsequent harassment targeting her school, employers, and family.^[1][3] Rather than avoiding public attention following the incident, she became a recurring joke and target of ridicule across Tumblr.

Reputation

Goldberg became a highly controversial figure on Tumblr, where her conservative and anti-communist political views placed her at odds with the platform's predominantly left-leaning user base. Over time, @communismkills became a recurring subject of jokes and memes, effectively serving as a communal punching bag for parts of the Tumblr community.

On an unspecified date in late 2014 or early 2015, Tumblr^[4] user @chekhov posted “Whenever I buy a lotto ticket I always play Communismkills’s mom’s social security number from that one time she was doxxed,” referencing previous incidents in which Goldberg had been doxxed. The post received 104,668 notes.

On January 2nd, 2015, Tumblr^[5] user @communismkills posted a Patreon campaign in which she offered to sell her silence for $8,000, spawning a larger meme surrounding screenshots. The post received 103,233 notes.

On March 8th, 2015, Tumblr^[6] user @communismkills posted “Before I die, I need to see U2 in concert,” which was subsequently mocked by other users. The post received 50,931 notes.

On an unspecified date around March 2015, Tumblr^[7] user @uglynewyork made a post joking about hooking up with @communismkills. The post received 32,190 notes as of 2026.

On May 2nd, 2016, Tumblr^[8] user @communismkills responded to an anonymous user who claimed to have seen Goldberg at a grocery store where they worked, with Goldberg's subsequent responses becoming increasingly defensive. The post received 104,979 notes in about a decade.

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