My friend Venerable Pannobhasa has a very good new post on his website at:

https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/2019/07/alt-buddhism-what-it-is-or-could-be.html

“Ever since my return to the USA in 2011, after many years of living in Asia, I have observed that western Buddhism has been essentially highjacked by ultraliberal secularism—to the point that many western Buddhists have no idea that this is really a radical deviation from the Buddhism that has flourished in Asia for 25 centuries, and to some degree even from the fundamental, essential spirit of the whole ancient (or ageless) spiritual system. I have also observed that there are quite a few western Buddhists, especially nonconformist male ones, who cannot take the ultraliberal “progressive” approach to Buddhism seriously; in fact some of them are downright disgusted by it. Back in the days when I was butting heads with politically correct western Buddhism more than I am now, I was moved to compose a little rant on the subject, which is as follows…”