If you want to be--or are a writer, then you must stand up for something. Usually, writers are observers, and when you observe something you capture it's essence. You see the good and bad of it. A writers job is to express this. To have a voice. An opinion. To stand up and tell when something is wrong. Being a writer is not common. Writers form the future. Writers are leaders. Teachers.
And if you try to enlighten people. To cast light on what is wrong with society, then the authority figures won't like you. And they will try to silence you. Maybe even **** you (depending of course on your writing. What information you leak out. What knowledge you share)

Authority figures like to keep their sheep in the dark. And the writer cannot but like a light house shine. Bring light. And that is dangerous.

Being a writer is really a dangerous job. If you're a writer, it automatically makes you a rebel, I feel.