Why didn't DD reveal Voldemort's identity?

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 186954

 > 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.
> 
> Carol responds:
> Where do you find the idea that anyone thought that he wasn't human? As far as I can recall, everyone--both his own followers and the WW at large--viewed him as a Dark Wizard. No one suspects him of being, say, a super-intelligent Troll or some new kind of monster. Besides, he uses a wand, which is a bit of a hint that he's a Wizard.

Magpie:
A dark wizard who's gone so far beyond the normal meaning of "wizard" that they're afraid to say his name or ever think he won't return. They don't treat him like a dark wizard, they treat him like the monster he's written as. He's "The Dark Lord" and "Lord Voldemort." Tom Riddle's publicity campaign for himself was very effective. People basically know that Batman is a man too, but in his urban legend incarnations he also goes beyond merely human.

-m