Real Fiction?

Nothing is more common and stupid than complaining about factual mistakes in fictional works. It is understandable when people who pay no attentions to such matters to make such complaints, but it is unforgivable for educated people to do so. We should have rule: if you can prove that you do not know the meaning of the word ‘fiction’, then you can complain all you like; otherwise, no. It is all realism’s fault, or rather the word ‘realism’ fault. People think realism is the rule for fiction; and to them, realism means real. Realist fiction then becomes real fiction. Is that not the most obvious contradiction? If it is real, it is not fiction. And if it is fiction, it is not real. So, it is easy to see if a critic know what he or she is talking about. If a critic complains that a fictional work, a novel or a film, for instance, is unbelievable or unrealistic, then that critic is an idiot talking out of his or her backside. Fiction can be boring, inspiring, absorbing, infuriating, etc., but certainly not real.