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== Origins == PLUR is an aggregation of ideas that were part of the earlier [[hippie]] and [[peace movement]] ("peace", "love") and [[Black Power|black]] and [[hip hop]] culture ("respect"). Specific use of the term dates to the early 1990s [[rave]] scene.<ref name=conner>{{Cite web|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/395a/6837f945d4ed600f2fc57eb1a163347956b5.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014032301/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/395a/6837f945d4ed600f2fc57eb1a163347956b5.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-10-14|author=Christopher T. Conner|title=Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry|date=2015|page=46|s2cid=147687776}}</ref> <!--The term began as an informal discussion on [[usenet]] lists alt.rave and alt.culture.zippies.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} SF-raves mailing list archived at hyperreal.org also noted the use of the term, and there is a flyer archive which might contain evidence of the existence of the term.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}--> One of the most influential uses of the term was made by [[Frankie Bones|DJ Frankie Bones]] in June 1993. In response to a fight in the audience of one of his Storm Raves in Brooklyn, Bones took the microphone and proclaimed: "If you don't start showing some peace, love, and unity, I'll break your faces."<ref name=conner></ref><ref name=dailybeast>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-graffiti-kids-who-became-raver-kings|title=The Graffiti Kids Who Became Raver Kings|author=Steve Powers|work=The Daily Beast|date=6 June 2015 }}</ref> It is also reported that as early as "on July 4, 1990, [...] Frankie's brother and Storm Rave collaborator Adam X painted 'Peace Love Unity' on a train car".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/pg8d4g/how-new-york-legend-frankie-bones-became-the-godfather-of-the-plur-movement|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165930/https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/pg8d4g/how-new-york-legend-frankie-bones-became-the-godfather-of-the-plur-movement|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2018|title=How New York Legend Frankie Bones Became the Godfather of the PLUR Movement|date=2015-05-14|work=Thump|access-date=2018-01-11|language=en-uk}}</ref> The fourth term, "Respect" was championed by Laura La Gassa (wife of [[Brian Behlendorf]]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070815175115/http://hyperreal.org/~laura/plur.html PLUR: P(eace), L(ove), U(nity), R(espect) on Northeast Raves CybertribeNortheast Raves Cybertribe]</ref>
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