Actual friends, as you would understand friendship, no but the guy is not a loner. Quite the contrary, indeed.
This sort of gay guy like he appears to be is very gregarious and cannot stomach being alone for an extended period of time. These guys are not interested in meaningful relationships, though. They are only interested in people who reinforce their worldview and people who satiate their sexual urges. I'd eat the sombrero if he isn't on an open relationship.
Politically inclined faggots are (This should be surprising for KiwiFarmers) people who only care about LGBT politics, all the time. They cannot talk about anything else, they cannot be with anybody who cannot talk about it for a long time. They only read about it, and they see everything through a queer lens (which is part of the progressive dogma of 'everything is political', but I won't get on that). They are always surrounded by like minded faggots, and they are more malleable than you'd think as there is a process of negotiation in which they will morph their views to validate others as long as they do the same for them, if everything is kept within certain basic premises.
I suggest watching the movie Bros as it encapsulates this sort of mindset.
So it's no surprise that he is so hilariously out of touch and tone deaf, and that he is legitimately shocked at the reaction he is getting and is only able to mumble about alt-right chuds as an explanation while retreating to his safe spaces where everybody will tell him he's alright and that they're la resistance against the hordes of nazis.