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Here's one situation in which we've all had the chance to be prophets: you're in a group of people that wants to do something. Everybody seems to want to do it but you, but you know that it's stupid or wrong or harmful. You also know that everybody in the group wants to think it's okay to do what they want, and they'll all be pissed at you if you speak your mind. Some of them might even break off with you. And you're not an outgoing guy, particularly. But you speak up anyway, strongly, because you know there's a greater good at stake than whether all your buds still love you.
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Rodney, what you describe here is not a sign of a prophet, but an example of a person with integrity toward his or her inner values. Many of us would rather remain silent than confront friends in an action or belief that we disagree with. That does not make those that do speak out for their beliefs, whether friend or foe, a prophet.
I think your question might be better answered by the general relativism that has been adopted over time. Do *you* hold values of such importance that you would speak out against anyone who would violate those values? I am sure you do, but does that make you a prophet?