Wherever you stand on Lady Gaga and her rainbow-colored oeuvre, her Super Bowl performance last night meant different things. While some felt her performance had too many political undertones, others felt there weren't enough. But for her Little Monsters — the star's most colorful fans whom she was very vocal about dedicating her entire 13-minute spot to — her performance was exactly what they wanted. And Gaga's outfit carried the exact hidden political message they needed. Whether you speak her language or not, it's helpful to separate the Lady from the Gaga . Her fans include die-hard pop music fiends who read into her lyrics so deeply that a ticket to the Monster Ball feels more like a trip to church, and there are those who simply come for the star's enormous entertainment value. The latter felt like her mid-performance shout-out to her parents watching in the audience was perhaps the most American thing she could have done (save for a jump off the roof, à la our imagined version of Hillary Clinton's exit from the Javitt's Center after she shattered the glass ceiling on November 8th). But Gaga's loyal, ride-or-die fans were instead focusing on her custom Versace bodysuit. To fully grasp the significance of the look, we have to backtrack a bit, to the 2010 Grammys, when she performed with Elton John in a six-minute slot that was later deemed too political . The singer wore a custom green, shoulder-padded bodysuit by Armani Privé, accessorized with a pair of hot pink eye patches shaped like upside-down triangles, which were presumably a take on the gay rights movement symbol of the '70s and '80s. And it wasn't just eye patches: the star wore variations of the motif throughout the show. (The pink triangles are part of a popular logo that reads ' Silence = Death ,' and is still considered an important activist symbol of the LGBTQ rights movement today.) That Grammys performance included the debut of " Born This Way," one of her many disco protest songs, which came under fire for being too empowering for women and gay rights (with most of the backlash from her gay fans ). And in yet another ode to her Little Monsters last night, the provocateur replicated that Grammys look, complete with an updated, silver version of those eye patches. Never mind the fact that her dancers wore the color purple, a globally recognized color for equality and anti-queer bullying. However, despite the significance of Gaga's Super Bowl look, many of the singer's fans felt her performance wasn't political enough. That's surprising, and unfair, even, considering those same fans have criticized the star for being too politically vocal or pandering to the LGBTQ community in the past.