we really recommend you read shadyturnip’s writing here, because we don’t feel like unpacking this, and they’ve done a great job: https://www.reddit.com/badlinguistics/comments/3msca3/meta_why_does_everyone_here_hate_sapirwhorf_so/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=badlinguistics&utm_content=t1_fkc4in9