Pidgin Crashing w/ Linux Mint Cinnamon

[Dale]

Good Morning, I have been using Pidgin flawlessly for months, and for 
some reason.. it stopped working.  completely.  I have removed it and 
reinstalled. Everytime I start the program the chat box loads up (as in 
the boarder)  And then it crashes.  Everytime. I am not sure what to do 
to resolve this.  I am a newbie when it comes to linux so not sure how 
to submit a crash log if thats what you need. thank you.