The 1968 democratic national convention in chicago why did the author consider the welcome sign ironic?

The author considered the welcome sign ironic given that the sign bore the words “HELLO DEMOCRATS” yet the hall was surrounded by a steel fence capped with barbed wire, which was not congruent with the ideals of democrats and did not serve to ease the tensions surrounding the convention. Inside the fence were numerous security personnel that had been ordered to shoot to kill if need arose.

to demand women’s suffrage