Dream's fuckup doesn't invalidate the bad shit Tommy and his crew did.
So let's get this out of the way, Dream cropping the screenshots and trying to make Tommy look bad is a fucked up thing to do, Dream should take accountability for this.
This however doesn't change that Tommy and his crew have done and said much more damaging things to Dream. Let's recap.
Dream has done or been accused of doing the following.
Post a meme calling Tommy and his fans "retarded"
Posted edited screenshots falsely accused Tommy of underpaying his editors
Asked the former admin of the Dream updates twitter to promote stuff.
Used to jokingly call people a "whore" which includes someone close to Ludwig until he was called out for it and stopped.
List of things Tommy and the Brighton Crew have done or has been accused of doing.
Tommy would make jokes about Dream being a pedo publicly while STILL FRIENDS with him, and in this beef would paint Dream's text to him in which he expressed his feelings as manipulative, using his age to play the victim(Being 16-17 doesn't mean you don't know right from wrong, being 16-17 doesn't mean people, especially people older than you can't voice their issues with your behavior).
Tommy, despite knowing intimate details about the USMP and QSMP stuff, made a dishonest, mean-spirited skit about the entire situation, which despite it probably not being his intentions, still caused distress to Dream and his family.
Tommy makes Dream out to be a villain (literally calling him a movie villain lol) for messaging his mother, Sarah once. After Sarah got herself involved in the situation, arguing with Dream fans on twitter. Bringing up Sarah's divorce as a cheap ploy for sympathy.
Tommy and his friend group continued to make jokes about Dream being a pedophile, despite Dream publicly disproving the allegations.
The Brighton group and Tommy continued to make semi-public potshots towards dream for a goddamn year and a half, despite Dream either not mentioning them or all or being nice to Tommy(such as that stream where he addressed that they weren't friends anymore but complimented him).
Tubbo insinuated twice that Dream somehow used his money to "make the allegations disappear"
Tubbo in a form of actual queerphobia says that Dream is using his sexuality for profit. Which is ironic because he and Tommy literally got married for a bit
Tommy/Tubbo's editors have legit made death threats against Dream.
Tommy insinuating that Dream is a Trump supporter as a way to drum up more hate against him.
I'm probably forgetting stuff but there is no way you can see this and think that Dream is equally as bad or worse than Tommy and his crew. Yes, Dream fucked up, Dream should be held accountable. But this doesn't change that Dream is a victim of emotional abuse and harassment in my view.
Edit: Someone disliked me using the word "apparently close Ludwig" so I removed the "apparently" part. Also changed mods to editors