On a national scale, the country is debating whether Black Lives Matter, Blue (Police) Lives Matter, or All Lives Matter — and yes, some backwards liberals find it offensive that one might think that every life matters.

On the campus of Duke University, the debate is more narrowed: Does a police-themed party celebrate the profession of law enforcement or glorify the beating and incarceration of racial minorities?

For years, Greek Life at Duke University has held an annual prison themed party; students dress as cops and robbers — just as little children do. No one has given it a second thought.

This year, however, disgruntled left-wing activists somehow found offense, calling it racist, sexist, and every other negative categorical insult in the book.

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Less than 48 hours after the party, which was hosted by Delta Sigma Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma, other students were calling for the abolition of Greek Life on campus and the entire national prison system.

“We call to abolish prisons and abolish Greek life because they both serve to uphold a social order founded on white supremacy, cisheteropatriarchy and capitalist accumulation of power and wealth,” the protestors wrote in their statement distributed to onlookers and read out during the event.

One protester held a “rush KKKG” sign.

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Student protestors rally outside a Duke University fraternity

“Our fellow classmates find it appropriate to so callously ‘party’ around a theme that has brought pain, suffering and violence into the lives of so many,” the protestors wrote in their statement. “Their acts normalize a system that enacts brutality and violence against low-income communities and communities of color — right here, down the road, in Durham.”

Not all students are upset about the party, however.

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“This protest-happy activist culture has gotten so beyond the pale in its own search for validation of its victimhood that it’s now actively generating controversy on perceived easy targets,” junior Thasos Athens wrote on Facebook.

This latest campus scuffle is a microcosm for the debates we are watching play out across the nation.