Think about it though, it would force people to actually show up to pass through legislation that kills rights.

Yes, it could go the other way and hurt legislation that gives us our freedoms back, but as John Stossel points out in a column concerning filibusters:

Of course, the filibuster and other stalling methods can be used to stop bills that would advance liberty, like tax cuts and the repeal of restrictions. But I'll play the odds. On any given day, what is Congress more likely to do: violate or expand liberty? As 19th-century New York Judge Gideon Tucker put it, "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session."