Why didn't DD reveal Voldemort's identity?

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 186816

> > Alla wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > >I do wonder why exactly Dumbledore did not scream at the top of his lungs the truth of who Tom Riddle really was. I am wondering if Dumbledore was so deep into his secrets that he thought that this will be something the world better not know, just as when he did not share his suspicions about Tom with anybody while he was still in school.
> > > <snip>
> > 
> > Carol responds:
> > 
> > I think you must be right that Dumbledore thought that this information was something that the WW would be better off not knowing or he would have publicized it. The only reason I can think of is one that others have already mentioned, that it would interfere with his investigations.
> > 
> > ...
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> I don't necessarily disagree with your analysis, but I will
> point out that Dumbledore may have indeed revealed details of
> Voldemort's past, just not to the world at large. But 
> Dumbledore does seem to communicate with people at the Ministry,
> if not the Minister himself. But they don't seem very eager
> to hear what Dumbledore has to say. 
> 
> Like so much in government, they are not quick to reveal the
> truth about anything. 

Montavilla47:

As a general rule, it's silly to depend on any government to
disseminate important information.  Telling certain key people
in the Ministry doesn't help at all when Voldemort's racist
supporters aren't *in* the Ministry.

Hermione realized this when she used her "connections" to
the press to get Harry's version of events out to the people.  Why
the brilliant Dumbledore never figured this out is unfathomable.

> bboyminn:

> On a similar but unrelated note, and something that makes me
> laugh when I think about it, is Harry showing Scrimgeour the
> scar on the back of his hand. Do we actually know that 
> Scrimgeour knows about Umbridge's 'cutting quill' and how and
> on whom she used it at school? 
> 
> If not, then Scrimgeour must be puzzled as to why Harry is 
> always shaking his fist at him. I think we are meant to think
> that Scrimgeour understands the gesture, but we don't know
> that he does because the story never tells us so. So, 
> every time Harry shakes his fist at Scrimgeour I laugh 
> thinking that Scrimgeour can't figure out why, or can't 
> understand the significants of it.
> 
> Again, I'm just re-emphasizing the point that just because we
> didn't hear about it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Montavilla47:
I don't see how Scrimgeour could possibly know about the quill.
Harry didn't tell anyone in authority, including McGonagall and 
Dumbledore.   

Who would have told Scrimgeour?  Umbridge?  Somehow, I 
doubt it.