[pessimizer]

> Three examples from this thread (one by you) of folks claiming "1984 is totally real and not a work of fiction",

I'm not sure that you can accuse anyone of misconstruing anything unless you can find this quote in another comment, or anything resembling it.

[rt4mn]

I'm not sure thats a fair reading of this persons argument, since I did deleberatly exaggerate their position.

[matai_kolila]

I'm not really interested in playing the semantics game, I concede all points to anyone who wants to try.

[hatware]

I like how calling you out somehow implies 1984 was not fiction. What a set of hoops!

Then when others call you out, you call it semantics games. Rich.