It does seem like that at times...
It's a neat little meme, which has been misused, AGAINST GOPers AND CONSERVATIVES, by mental midgets, who have either never read the book, or attempted to read it and still don't understand 1984, especially.
Funnily enough....the very people who have weaponized this concept, with which to impugned others, are the very ones, who, given 1/2 the chance, would absolutely turn America into a full blown 1984!