I've never had irl leftist friends in my life. Except for one couple who just assumed I was conservative and never really bothered to engage me about it.

Mostly "apolitical" normies and "common sense" (their words not mine) conservatives. I would have liked to have made more leftist friends but I can't really keep up the social performance that used to require. I have bad vibes and as a group we're more sensitive to that. But maybe as time goes on we will grow out of it.