CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact
A diesel mechanic from Traralgon, 164km east of Melbourne, has been praised after gracing Facebook with a non-parking-ranger-related face-to-camer Facebook video.
The father-of-two, Jakson Elfrign published an emotional and heartfelt video on Facebook last week and has since gone viral
He implored men around the country to have more respect for women and for themselves, to stand up to other men who perpetuate Australia’s “shocking rape culture”.
However, most viewers say the most stunning thing about the video is the fact that Jackson didn’t call anyone a fuckwit – as is the case with most small-town tradie’s Facebook video uploads.
Usually aimed at parking rangers or cyclists, or even cops – video sermons have been on the race in regional Australian towns, ever since social media gave everyone the opportunity to not only have opinions, but also broadcast them.
Complete with his pearlescent tradie sunglasses and broad regional Victorian accent, Jakson has proven that some tradies are worked up about things that are a bit bigger than minor inconveniences in traffic.
Jakson’s video about how women need to be treated with respected has been shared more than 29,000 times by Friday. It has been viewed more than a million times as well.
