Liberal football fans are facing a conundrum this weekend: It’s the biggest game of the NFL season and a must watch for anybody who cares about the game. But it just happens that one of the teams vying for the Super Bowl trophy has a coach, quarterback and owner who are reportedly Donald Trump fans. There are already calls from the left to boycott the game.
What to do?
Thankfully, progressive anti-Trump activists on Twitter have come up with a way for viewers to have it both ways. For every point the Patriots score, they can donate money to an organization actively fighting for social justice causes.
Hundreds of people have signed on to the idea, pledging money for Syrian refugees, women’s reproductive services, the ACLU and the Council for American-Islamic Relations.
And lest their generosity go unheralded by the wider progressive community, each pledge must come paired with the hashtag #AGoodGame, so that everyone knows how civic minded you are, and how dedicated you are to the fight.
Meanwhile, if you’re in Houston, you can also take part in a “secretive” Donald Trump protest— it’s so underground that they’ve been amping it on social media all week. Five separate marches and rallies are scheduled in and around the city, though it’s unlikely that any organized protest will be able to subvert increased Super Bowl security measures.
Game organizers are also prepared for halftime act Lady Gaga, who has hinted that she may try to incorporate an anti-Trump protest into her performance. Perhaps concerned citizens could simply sit quietly through the game and consider having to watch that her as their penance.
You could also, of course, just sit back and enjoy some football without deeply considering the philosophical and ideological connotations of a national television broadcast, but that might just be too easy.