Why didn't DD reveal Voldemort's identity?

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 186949

> No.Limberger responds:

> Knowledge is power.  Given what Voldemort was doing for years to
> harm others in order to extract information from them, there is
> very good reason why Dumbledore didn't want Voldemort to even
> know that he was investigating his past, let alone reveal how much
> he had learned about Voldemort.

Magpie:
Him being Tom Riddle did not require investigation on Dumbledore's part.
 
> >Magpie wrote:
> >Dumbledore has a history of concealing information even when
> >it would be helpful.
> 
> No.Limberger responds:
> Dumbledore concealed information when he believed it was for the
> greater good.  Sometimes, he was wrong; but overall, he was
> cautious and did everything possible to fight Voldemort as
> secretly as possible.

Magpie:
He was also fanatical about keeping secrets. He always told himself it was always for the greater good, but he wasn't an objective judge when it came to secrets. The whole last book after he dies becomes a mystery of what exactly Dumbledore wanted everybody to do.

 
> >Magpie wrote:
> >I don't get how the WW would have been hurt during the first
> >Voldemort War by Dumbledore letting them know this was Tom
> >Riddle from Hogwarts. (Which I believe at the time was all he
> >knew anyway.) Dumbledore never needs reasons beyond his
> >penchant for secrecy. Or rather, his penchant for secrecy compels
> >him to make up convoluted justifications in his own mind for hiding
> >information that would actually have been pbviously helpful.
> 
> No.Limberger responds:
> The more Voldemort knew that he was being investigated, the more
> he would have done to hide as much as possible not only about his
> past, but also about his current activities.  There are very good
> reasons for secrecy and I totally agreed with how Dumbledore
> concealed how much he knew about Voldemort.

Magpie:
The WW knowing he's human does not have anything to do with Dumbledore's investigations. Dumbledore concealed just about everything he knew about Voldemort, not just how much. And he didn't only conceal it from the public but from the people fighting to bring him down.

-m