Do you think it is okay to be threatened with death because you disagree with somebody's opinion?
Elected politicians are Legislators.
An elected politician will write, dicker, and then vote with other elected politicians regarding a new politician's opinion to be obeyed and if 51% of the elected politicians voting agree that you shall not have lilacs growing on your property, then that is the law and you shall have no lilacs growing on your property.
If you ignore this politician's opinion and you keep the lilacs growing on your property, people with guns will visit, issue citations with fines, arrest you if you don't pay the fines, or kill you if you decide to resist being kidnapped and shoved in a cage for disobeying a politician's opinion.