"Great writer" does not imply even basic human decency.
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Pet peeves aside, his key point that modern Buddhism (except Zen) has very little in common with the original texts is not well-understood.
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He thinks Zen is the true inheritor? Interesting. The chan guys saw themselves as very distinct from the "lesser vehicle".
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He goes into a long rant about how it supposedly stemmed from spiritual transmission from Gautama to some prince or another, as I recall it.
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Buddhism's pretty minor till Asoka makes it the state religion of all of India.
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The interesting part the text is the analysis of the techniques & ascesis, not his pseudointellectual ramblings on Aryans, class and so on.
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his picture in Wikipedia is screams "straight up fucking evil", even before I read the bio. Buddhism can offer a lot to such folks.
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Then you see he was a personal friend of Heinrich Himmler...
That's what makes the analysis interesting. It is amoral; stripped bare.
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It becomes apparent that Buddhism doesn't need a moral or religious dimension. The teachings are completely compatible with any value system
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and doing so serves as protection for the non-enlightened from the enlightened; and as such vice versa.
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Short answer: agreed.
Longer answer: there's more to what I'm saying than just that.
Need to go for a while, will reply properly later.