The whole point of Re-educating a person is so that others around him realize the folly of believing in anything else besides the party and it’s ideology. If he himself states that he is wrong and even believes he was wrong then who would follow his example? After that purpose is served, the Re-educated person becomes a loose end. So might as well kill him thereby sending another message to the people. The simple message being follow us or die. It just reflects the brutality of the party. Or maybe an over indoctrinated person is liable to go back to his rebellious phase after a certain period of time. So the actions and beliefs of a re-educated person are only temporary and so the party would just kill them to prevent their real selves from re-emerging.
Answer from Blakath on reddit.comThe whole point of Re-educating a person is so that others around him realize the folly of believing in anything else besides the party and it’s ideology. If he himself states that he is wrong and even believes he was wrong then who would follow his example? After that purpose is served, the Re-educated person becomes a loose end. So might as well kill him thereby sending another message to the people. The simple message being follow us or die. It just reflects the brutality of the party. Or maybe an over indoctrinated person is liable to go back to his rebellious phase after a certain period of time. So the actions and beliefs of a re-educated person are only temporary and so the party would just kill them to prevent their real selves from re-emerging.
Answer from Blakath on reddit.com