What about those of us minarchists who realize that the NAP prohibits any form of government? The NAP is inconsistent with any government no matter how you slice it. I don't see myself as being "non-conformist" or hippy-like. It's simply a fact that I don't agree 100% with the NAP.
Minarchists come in two groups, for the most part, in regards to the NAP:(1) Those who argue that the State doesn't actually violate the NAP, as governments function is ostensibly to protect peoples Rights, and in doing so, it cannot be argued (by them) that their Rights are being abridged by being protected.
(2) Those who have had the epiphany that the aforementioned group is kind of kidding themselves by thinking that.
I think it is fair to say that the second group is the more enlightened of the two.... but in any case, neither group inherently objects to the substance of the Non Aggression Principle. What they want, is simply to carve out an exception for a very limited case regarding
who the NAP should not apply to (e.g. government). The exception they seek to carve out, has more to do with defining who is exempt from it, rather than when it should not apply in regards to it being applied to everyone equally.
The first group of minarchists does not even recognize that they are violating the NAP, so it really cannot be claimed that they are rejecting it. Rather, they are simply deluding themselves into thinking (via an argument they accept), that government does not violate Rights, it only protects them.
The second group recognizes the NAP abridgment, but rationalizes it away on whatever grounds (e.. pragmatism insofar as the necessity of government, etc...), but in that case, they are not outright rejecting the substance of the NAP either. They merely accept that they are inconsistent. Most minarchists in this group, however, still very much abide by the bright line deontological rule of the NAP insofar as they think it very much applies to inter-citizen conduct. They merely think it doesn't apply to government. They are not usually saying it doesn't apply to citizens.