Mean Streak

I’ve been advised that I may have a mean streak.

My goal is to find definitive examples so that I can unpick this trait, if it’s real.

My guess is that it’s a control mechanism, rooted in fear and uncertainty.

As the wise rooter says “you don’t increase your own [insert desirable state] by increasing the [lack of said desirable state] in another”

Example desirable state – security.

Irony alert; said accusation may be an example of said trait.