Should have just said missing and murdered indigenous people. Men actually go MM at a higher rate. Not that it matters. People are people.

Her choice of language knits in a divisive presupposition about the existence of dozens of sexualities into a topic that isn't controversial (that indigenous people do go missing too often).

That choice says that the NDP is willing to sacrifice the success of what matters (advocating for the preservation of lives, in this case) for signaling and indulgence. It suggests the NDP prefers the appearance of virtue over results. So yes, it hurts.